Emily Inouye Huey: The Generational Impact of Belief in Humanity

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Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 26 June 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Emily Inouye Huey’s father was born in a prison camp during World War II. His parents were imprisoned simply for the color of their skin and suffered terrible injustices. Still, Huey’s father and other ancestors chose to move forward following the war, refusing to harbor resentment or bitterness—passing on to their children and grandchildren the hope of a much brighter future. Today, Emily is an author who wants to make sure their victory over the atrocities of war is known and that their legacy lives on.

1:40- Family’s Experience During World War II
3:55- Dorothea Lange
11:28- Wat Misaka
13:28- Why Representation Matter
17:29- A Need To Create
20:36- Rid of Resentment
25:52- Belief in People
29:07- Finding the Gospel
33:24- What Does It Mean To Be All In the Gospel of Jesus Christ?

“The way that they survived, the way that they came out of it still able to love this country and this world, all those things to me are a victory.”

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0:00.0	Born into a Japanese American family, Emily Inoue, Huey doesn't remember talking much about her family's history when she was younger.
0:09.0	But as she grew older, she became more familiar with the story of what her family endured during World War II.
0:16.1	The Inaway family had been forcibly removed from their homes and placed in an internment camp.
0:21.8	When the war ended, they were required to quickly find a new life for themselves, and they
0:26.6	ended up in Utah where Emily and her family still live.
0:31.6	Emily Inoue Huey writes historical fiction, drawing upon her family's experiences for children
0:38.2	and teens.
0:39.4	Her first novel beneath the wide silk sky won the Society of Children's Books, Writers, and Illustrators
0:45.6	Golden Kite Award and the Malka Penn Award for Human Rights and Children's Literature.
0:52.4	Emily holds an MFA in creative writing from Leslie University
0:57.0	and is a former teacher.
0:59.0	Besides books, Emily's passions include education,
1:02.0	the arts, the outdoors, and her family.
1:05.0	This is All In an LDS Living podcast where we ask the question, what does it really mean to be all in the Gospel of Jesus
1:14.4	Christ. I'm Morgan Pearson and I am honored to have Emily Inoue Huey on the line
1:19.4	with me today Emily welcome. Thank you so much for having me. Appreciate it. Well I have to tell you as I
1:26.5	prep for this interview I was so excited I was like sharing stuff about your story
1:32.1	with my husband last night which I rarely get that
1:36.2	excited so I'm I'm really excited to talk with you today. I want to start out
1:40.8	with your family's history,
1:43.7	which we'll talk a lot about today,
1:45.3	but kind of starting at the point of your father.
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