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Watch Muslim Kids Read Letters From Japanese Internment Camp Survivors

President-Elect Donald Trump and his newly formed (yet unfinished) administration are well under way in preparing for a new wave of Muslim registry tactics–and although we know it is nothing new for Muslims to be called in for “questioning,” we may be forgetting that this country has been been down this road before.

Here’s the amazing part–the children are reading these letters with the internment camp survivors who actually drafted the letters decades ago.

Published on May 19, 2016, this film, created by Frank Chi, shows Muslim children reading letters written by young Japanese Americans in World War II incarceration camps. Here’s the amazing part–the children are reading these letters with the internment camp survivors who actually drafted the letters decades ago.

We dare you to watch this entire video without feeling the emotional tug at your heart, as it depicts the parallel universe we are living today–one of fear and hope for a better tomorrow, despite its bleak outlook.