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When historical victims don't match our expectations

My Japanese grandfather was in an internment camp but acted like it never happened and now I feel angry at him for not fighting back even though I know that's not fair.

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What we've seen

Anger at ancestral survival strategies reveals our own need to process historical injustice.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Historical grief — intergenerational mourning?”

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