Racial Profiling

Upon watching the documentary “The Cats of Mirikitani,” I have concluded that being born in this country and being a citizen does not guarantee you or anyone else the rights you deserve but rather the way you look. The second-generation Americans will always be seen differently because of the way we look. Second- generations Americans have been suffering from racial profiling for centuries. We World War with the Japanese, with the Indians after September 11, with African Americans today, and with Hispanics since Donald Trump became president. It is an ongoing cycle that keeps repeating itself and even as Jimmy stated in the film “same old story.”

If you ever go outside of the country and you ask people from other countries what is the first word that pops in their head when you see “The United States of America” they say things like freedom, richness, where dreams come true, happiness. But is the reality? Or is it just for some? In my own humble opinion, I believe that all this only some have it while the others get it ripped from them. I mean, look at Jimmy he ran from his country because he didn’t want to serve in his military. So he decided to return to his country and “study painting int the free country.” And what they did to him and the rest of Japanese Americans? They took their citizenship and broke them not only physically and mentally. WHY? Because they didn’t look like your typical American, and that is racial profiling.
Jimmy went from describing his own country as a country of freedom to a weak and garbage America.
You could have seen how hurt and broken this man was with all his art. Every single thing Jimmy drew was an insight into his pain. And I am so happy that this country didn’t take away at least his love for his country and his painting.