Do We Call Them Internment Camps or Concentration Camps?

The semantic war behind Japanese internment, and why it matters

The Manzanar War Recreation Center — From Ansel Adams, Public Domain

When I taught seventh grade English, one of the books assigned to my curriculum was Farewell to Manzanar, a young adult book about a girl’s experience in a Japanese internment camp. We unfortunately didn’t get to read it because of the COVID-19 pandemic taking us…