I am very proud of my community for welcoming the statue commemorating the suffering and sacrifice of the WW II Comfort Women donated by our Korean Sister City organization. I hope it is the first of several such memorials to man's inhumanity to man placed in our Central Park so that Glendale residents and visitors from around the globe recognize our commitment to truthful documentation of past atrocities. It is only by facing injustice that we can overcome it.
I disagree with those who say it is anti-Japanese. It is anti-kidnapping, -abduction and -rape. And in a broader sense, it is anti-war.
Consider that many Glendale residents worked with our neighbors in Los Angeles to recognize the U.S. violation of the human rights of legal resident aliens and U.S. citizens, mostly of Japanese ancestry, during the same era by researching the history of the former Tuna Camp Detention Station in Tujunga. The Los Angeles City Council recently designated an acre of land at the site, now the Verdugo Hills Golf Course, to commemorate those who passed through the facility.
