“During World War II, a U.S. president ordered an entire ethnic group of America

CJKent (Banned)
“The more a person needs to be right, the less certain he is...”
Japanese internment is a dark period in America's history

When the camps closed, many Japanese-Americans didn't — or couldn't — go back home.

So it's important to keep remembering and listening to the people who tell these stories.

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Estafador
6 years ago
They got reperations already. And they all went home. Even got education up in there.
doctorevil
6 years ago
It’s important to remember it was a Democrat president that did it.
twentyfive
6 years ago
^ Do you know that the Canadians did the same ?
skibum609
6 years ago
When we go to war with Venezuela we'll have to reopen the camps under President Warren.
san_jose_guy
6 years ago
That was a very dark time. Most of those people had come to the US to get away from growing Japanese militarism. The number found engaging in espionage was zero.

CA Governor Earl Warren did cooperate with that. Maybe this is why he changed and did work to ameliorate prejudice against the marginalized as SCOTUS Chief Justice.

442nd Regimental Combat Team, a highly decorated Japanese-American WWII Army unit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adjnOrbM…

Remembering Daniel Inouye
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwD9jOa5…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LXqJVIU…

SJG

Giant White Manta Ray, but not sure how big or where.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/video/animals/t…

Why Children Don't Belong in Therapy -- Daniel Macker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqvqLUSN…

Why I Quit Being a Therapist -- Six Reasons by Daniel Mackler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0Fi32Lb…

She's A Lady - Tom Jones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8G4xrYf…

Dusty Springfield Son of a Preacher Man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjydOI4M…

Spooky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7QzxYAj…

Joss Stone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBH8o8XX…
skibum609
6 years ago
Rich liberals in California keep the poor in concentration camps today.
san_jose_guy
6 years ago
^^^^^^^ in a way you could say that.

SJG
Estafador
6 years ago
@skibum609 are those camps called the ghetto?
ATACdawg
6 years ago
It was indeed a dark, despicable period in our modern history. The were American citizens for the most part, and many of them were forced to sell successful businesses and properties for pennies on the dollar.

And before anyone tries to use the war to justify this egregious trampling of rights, how many families with German and Italian names were put in detention camps?
san_jose_guy
6 years ago
^^^^^ Agreed!

Daniel Inouye
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ6MfMvl…

SJG
san_jose_guy
6 years ago
^^^^^ Agreed!

Daniel Inouye
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ6MfMvl…

SJG
san_jose_guy
6 years ago
^^^^^ Agreed!

Daniel Inouye
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ6MfMvl…

SJG
san_jose_guy
6 years ago
^^^^ sorry, looks like the server hung up for a while.

SJG
Icey
6 years ago
Also remember the discrimination against German Americans and Italian Americans during the war.... Especially the discrimination against German Americans during WW1
san_jose_guy
6 years ago
^^^^ True, as you say, more WWI than WWII.

There was less popular support for WWI.

SJG
Icey
6 years ago
Popular support for WW2 was garnered via racism against the Japanese for the most part.

One interesting thing is, the allies never bombed the train tracks leading to concentration camps...
doctorevil
6 years ago
“Popular support for WW2 was garnered via racism against the Japanese for the most part.” BS. There was clearly an element of racism in the wartime propaganda, but to say popular support was based “for the most part” on racism is BS. They attacked us, remember? That’s why there was popular support for a war against Japan.
Icey
6 years ago
There was already anti Asian sentiment in the US. THe country had segregation, it was built on racism. Americans then, like today had no problem joining in cheers of blood lust against people who look a little different.
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