“Trump plan to incarcerate migrant children at Fort Sill again shows worst of America,” by Mari Matsuda

The article I analyzed is entitled “Trump plan to incarcerate migrant children at Fort Sill again shows worst of America,” by Mari Matsuda. Mari Matsuda is a writer, an artist, and a professor of law at the University of Hawaii. More than that, she is one of a daughter, a descendant of a Japanese American incarcerated at Wyoming's Heart Mountain relocation camp. Using her unique voice and position, she shared with us how related it is with what the government did in the past and still, repeat till today in a similar way. By using her own experient, Matsuda was helping other people with a related situation to share their voice and their loss. 
After many many years, the pain of that incident still haunted them. The point Matsuda was trying to make here is if a grown man can not handle the pain of leaving his family, why would anyone think a little kid can do that. Matsuda states "The government says it must ship children to Fort Sill because it can’t process their asylum claims in a timely way. Would any of us accept that excuse if our children were taken?" One of the questions we need to consider if we want to support our government in this. It will not just bring pain to children, but also theit family and beloved. Far over, it will harm a whole generation if this becomes real. 

Matsuda intended audience is not just any Japanese American individual, but also for the nation itself. "It was a demand that our nation learns from its mistake and become its best self: land of the free, where all are entitled to dignity." she wrote, and I completely agree with it. This is not about the genre, race, or gender, but a whole future generation will be affected by this plan. It can be just Fort Sill now, but who said it will stop there.

The essay is inspiring, and it ended with the statement that any one of us needs to remember "We do not lock up innocent people, especially children. That is what Hitlers do." We are passed the time that racist is a "trend," we are not Hitlers. We want peace in our mind, our heart, and our country, and the plan to lock up the children for "their own safety" will do nothing to that. Children do no harm and if any there will be because of the environment. What we need to do is change is our system, our environment, but not to lock them up. There is no such sense that locks up children at Fort Sill, or anyplace will make. We already see what might be coming next due to what happens in the past but still, the government still wants to lock up the children at Fort Sill. 

Matsuda's claim is essentially but necessary. I believe this essay was written with a slight bias but quite credible since it was base on real experiences, with a real data number, and people that still have to suffer up to now. Our author is a well-educated woman that trying to make a wake-up call for all of us.