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So-Cal Japanese Americans remember community hero through film
By Jason Cruz | Special to AsianWeek
While much of America turned a blind eye to the internment camp experience — endured by over 120,000 Japanese Americans — one young man refused to ignore the injustice.
Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress (NCRR) has teamed up with Visual Communications to produce a 30-minute docu-drama focusing on the story of a young Latino teenager who took a stand against the internment of his Japanese American friends.
Set in California during World War II, Stand Up for Justice is the story of Ralph Lazo, a Los Angeles teenager who followed his high school friends to the internment camp at Manzanar. From 1942 to 1944, Lazo voluntarily stayed at Manzanar, where he attended high school and lived with his Japanese friends. Ironically, Lazo left Manzanar because he was drafted by the U.S. military.
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