asianamerican

Thanks so much for sharing this photo. Our treatment of Japanese-Americans at this point in time was shameful. Those who don't remember history are condemned to repeat it.

I am really bothered by the the heading, "war emergency evacuation," as if Japanese Americans were rounded up and shipped off to the camps for their "own good." It shows that the U.S. government can say or do anything and justify it as a "war emergency."

They're preserving the titles of the photos as they were titled when they were taken. It's the Library of Congress historically documenting (and sharing with us) pieces of history. While that time period, and the subject matter is certainly sad and distasteful, I think it would be terrible if the LOC cleaned up the titles and other information to appeal to our modern sensibilities. It's much more important to get an accurate representation of history, imho. But I certainly understand where you're coming from- it was a terrible situation for the government to even conceive of internment camps, let alone put them into practice.

I agree with Jade. I appreciate the photo more because it has the original caption.

I agree with JadeEJF too. Doesn't change the fact that this is a shameful event in our history. -- Seen on your photo stream. (?)

Please reconsider retitling this photo to spell out Japanese. The abbreviation chosen is offensive to many and reverts to the dismissive terminology used during WWII and is out of place in this day and age.

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I agree, "Jap" is a very insensitive, unkind, and uneducated way to describe a Japanese person. It's commonly used to express disrespectfulness, hatefulness or displeasure towards a person because he/she is a Japanese. It was obviously spelled out on the photo itself, and you weren't pressed for space, so was it necessary to abbreviate like so? If you insist on abbreviating, please use the internationally accepted abbreviation, "JP", or presenting the complete spelling.

also here:

www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/3477962069/
www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/3295495556/
www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2162728775/

Indeed, this is well documented as negative in standard English usage, and should not be used as such in this context. Please change it.

www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jap

jap
2 entries found.

1. Jap
2. JAP


Main Entry:
Jap Listen to the pronunciation of Jap
Pronunciation:
\ˈjap\
Function:
noun or adjective
Date:
1886

usually disparaging : japanese

Thanks for understanding that no offense is intended. We retain the original title of a photograph as part of preserving the historical record. The Bain News Service photo titles are available from several sources—typed in the set of caption cards consulted while making the scans, hand-written on an older set of cards, and etched on the negatives themselves. Abbreviated spellings are common in each source, but, in this case, the sources differ. Transcribing the fuller title directly from the negative provides more information, and that source is now used.

Jue Quon Tai was a Chinese-American vaudeville performer. Here's a really interesting blog post about her softfilm.blogspot.com/2009/08/jue-quon-tai-chinese-prince...

Here are the links I put on the other photo (including the one j3net has above): Lots about vaudeville singer Jue Quon Tai: softfilm.blogspot.com/2009/08/jue-quon-tai-chinese-prince... softfilm.blogspot.com/2009/08/jue-quon-tai-on-stage-door-... softfilm.blogspot.com/2010/07/jue-quon-tai-pretty-and-pan... Also mentioned here: www.sscnet.ucla.edu/history/faculty/henryyu/APACHP/teache... She married director Harry Lachman in France, 1938; lived in Beverly Hills; was widowed in 1975, and died in 1991. www.imdb.com/name/nm0480046/bio