No More Shikata Ga Nai T-shirt / Grey* size:Large An introduction details the history

An introduction details the history and meaning behind the designs

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No More Shikata Ga Nai T-shirt / Grey* size:Large An introduction details the historyDuring the WWII incarceration of Japanese Americans, the expression shikata ga nai (it cannot be helped) was meant as a sign of stoicism in the face of unimaginable adversity. But some Japanese Americans came to see passive acceptance as unacceptable. They included Frank Emi, who led the Fair Play Committee moving from protest to resistance when he counseled sixty three men to refuse to be drafted from the concentration camp at Heart Mountain until