Ten weeks after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066, authorizing the removal of any or all people from military areas “as deemed necessary or desirable.” The military in turn defined the entire West Coast, home to the majority of Americans of Japanese ancestry or citizenship, as a military area. By June, more than 110,000 Japanese Americans were relocated to remote internment camps built by the U.S. military in scattered locations around the country. For the next two and a half years, many of these Japanese Americans endured extremely difficult living conditions and poor treatment by their military guards.
On December 17, 1944, U.S. Major General Henry C. Pratt issued Public Proclamation No. 21, declaring that, effective January 2, 1945, Japanese-American “evacuees” from the West Coast could return to their homes. During the course of World War II, 10 Americans were convicted of spying for Japan, but not one of them was of Japanese ancestry. In 1988, President Ronald Reagan signed a bill to recompense each surviving internee with a tax-free check for $20,000 and an apology from the U.S. government.
A shameful part of American history.
Ok, so the Japs just bombed America. There was one, and only one, reason for FDR’s decision. He needed an easy target. He needed to show Americans that the government was doing something.
BTW, the link below states that about 11,500 German-American and 3,000 Italian-American citizens were also interred. A small number considering that at the time about 20% of Americans could trace their lineage to those two groups. Much easier to pick on innocent Japs.
http://encyclopedia.densho.org/German_and_Italian_detainees/
One of many parts. Color o’ law in action. Magic bean words. fe-fi-fo-fum. dumb-dumb-dumb.
The man started a dangerous trend that has only escalated in recent history – “The Government should do something!”
People wailing and gnashing their teeth praying the almighty government would fix everything.
Internment camps and war is what you get when the government fixes everything.
“Ok, so the Japs just bombed America.”
Not quite.
The Empire of Japan attacked United States Pacific Fleet in Hawaii.
Hawaii did not become a state until 21 Aug. 1959.
Today we ‘import’ our Muslim enemies. Last week some crazy Somali bitch set 8 fires in a small private college in St Paul.
Today, yesterday, “we import” what’s been exported by ex parte ponzi scammers.
Those japs weren’t “the enemy.” Just as most muslims aren’t. Not per se, anyway.
Religion, any of them, is brakes & clutch-riding. Makework for mechanics – who have interests in the drivers ed biz – by people who drive poorly.
Just as most muslims aren’t.
Well there are about 50,000+ Somali’s in Minneapolis. They are the enemy – just being here.
Knew a newage gal from Edina. And a jap-blackfeet gal from Charleston. The sexes battled. But there were no enemies.
If Soma-li is enemy uno, which drug group’s next in line on your enemies list? Can’t ya’ just say “no”?
TODAY in history …. according to Drudge today, Black Panther is making a killing at the box office. Gonna break lots of records. Expect many more niggy type movies in the immediate future.
I wonder who the primary paying audience is? Help a niggah out, and do tell me.
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15% of the total population….that’s it. They can’t be supporting this film on their own.
Oh c’mon Jim, it’s not racial, it’s not concentration camps, it’s not a stage of genocide, when good ol’ Uncle Sam does it!
No, all those things that are crimes against humanity when done by any non-vassal, especially one with shiny cool stuff we want, are NOT crimes against humanity, when done by U.S. or our masters.
Drop the wrongthink, get with right-think. You must be a Russian spy.
For the Crystal City internment, Try Janet Jarboe Russell’s “Train to Crystal City”.