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Azalia Emma Peet Quotes

1887–1973 United States

Azalia Emma Peet (1887-09-03 – 1973-09-21) was an American missionary educator in Japan. During World War II, she spoke out against the incarceration of Japanese Americans.

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“These are law-abiding, upright people of our community. What is it that makes it necessary for them to evacuate? Have they done anything? Is there anything in their history in this area to justify such a fear of them developing overnight?”

"As a social worker, I am thinking of the aged; I am thinking of the sick in the hospitals today, in the Japanese community; I think of the babies born since Christmas time, and those about to be born; I am thinking of the young people in the schools and colleges of this State. Are they a menace to this community, that they must all be moved now?"

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Azalia Emma Peet (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.