Scott Fujita, flaming linebacker

Scott Fujita's grandparents were interned during World War II, and he wants everyone to know about it. His father was born in at the Gila River internment camp in Arizona. his grandfather enlisted in the 442nd Regiment, and his grandmother received a reparations check and a personal apology letter 47 years later.

David Flming writes, "It still angers him that the subject was largely ignored by his teachers. To counter that he studied and wrote on the subject frequently when he was at Cal."

And Fujita adds,

"The value of telling my story is that the topic of Japanese internment will come up," he says. "It helps to educate people, especially in this day and age of heightened paranoia and fear. That kind of thing cannot happen again. There are things going on right now in this country that are just baffling. We may not be taking people and forcibly relocating them but there are many liberties that are being suspended right now. It's a delicate issue. Obviously we are at war and we all have to be smart and observant of our surroundings but at the same time any prejudice has to be unacceptable."