What does the idea of “Hoosier Hospitality” really mean? In this month’s episode, we tell the story of a group of hospitable Hoosiers who–in the face of tremendous wartime hysteria–helped Japanese American students escape West Coast internment camps and resettle in Indiana during World War II. This story inspired our discussion about courage and the ethics of state-determined borders. This episode was made in partnership with Indiana Humanities. This episode is an officially endorsed Indiana Bicentennial Legacy Project.
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Show Notes:
- Indiana Humanities
- Indiana’s Bicentennial Celebration
- Mike Pence and Syrian refugees in Indiana
- Some Indiana lawmakers are concerned about undocumented immigrants
- Undocumented immigrants make up 1.8% of Indiana’s population
- American Isolationism in the 1930s
- U.S. government-produced film defending the World War II internment of Japanese American citizens
- Executive Order 9066
- Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians
- Nancy Nakano Conner, “From Internment to Indiana: Japanese Americans, the War Relocation Authority, the Disciples of Christ, and Citizen Committees in Indianapolis”
- By 1920, Indiana’s population was mostly white and native born (Jim Madison, Hoosiers: A New History, page 191)
- Thomas Hamm
- Earlham College
Bonus material:
- A recent story about a Syrian family resettling here in Indiana
- Immigration Reform? Not in Indiana
- Indiana Should Avoid Arizona’s Immigration Mistakes
- New Americans in Indiana
Thanks to Evelyn Brosius for our logo. Music used in this episode (in order of appearance):
- “Badlands” by Cory Gray
From the Free Music Archive
CC BY-NC 3.0 - “Lahaina” by Blue Dot Sessions
From the Free Music Archive
CC BY-NC 4.0 - “Ritual Two” by Jason Leonard
From the Free Music Archive
CC BY-NC 3.0 - “Thaw (Outro)” by Kai Engel
From the Free Music Archive
CC BY-NC 4.0
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