Post #1 Fort Minor's Song "Kenji"

Abstract: World War II was a world wide phenomenon with long lasting impacts. In 2005, the rock band Fort Minor (formed by Mike Shinoda, a former member of Linkin Park) created a song titled "Kenji," which retold the story of the internment of Japanese and Japanese-Americans during World War II.

View the background information and video below, and answer the questions which can be found in the questions section.



Background Information:

Executive Order 9066: Japanese Internment during World War 2 World War II (1939-1945) was a global war, involving many of the world's nations and all of its superpowers (Great Britain, France, United States of America, Italy, Japan and Germany). Throughout most of World War 2, the United States refused to formally declare war, although the United States did send supplies to the Allied Powers (Great Britain and France). On December 7th, 1941 the Japanese Air Force attacked the United States naval base--Pearl Harbor--located in Hawaii. This attack destroyed virtually all of America's naval power in the Pacific. In retaliation, the United States declared war on Japan, and entered World War II. Unfortunately, as a measure of national defense, the President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 which allowed the internment (forced relocation) of Japanese immigrants and American citizens of Japanese ancestry to relocation centers. In all, over 120,000 Japanese and Japanese-Americans were interned.

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Questions:
5. Can you think of any other examples of songs or videos that are historically significant?
6. Do you think the song "Kenji" is historically relevant/ accurate?