“Never Forget”

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” George Santayana “Never Forget” is a depiction of social injustice as viewed through the lens of history. It documents the remnants of a dark episode in our nation's past, when innocent Japanese American citizens, including my mother-in-law and her family, were incarcerated under armed guard for no other reason than their ethnicity. It also serves as a stark reminder, especially in the current climate of fear and xenophobia so prominent in today's American political discourse: We must never forget...nor should we ever repeat the tragic mistakes of our past.