My grandpa fought against the Japanese Imperial Army in Malaysia back then, when he was alive, he told me lots of these horrible things he saw during the war. 1 thing he taught me is, always remember not all the Japanese are bad, just because 1 person did terrible things to you, doesn’t mean his whole family/races/nation are equally bad as him. He basically taught me not be a racist, and everyone are equal.
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My Mexican American/Filipino American family during that time took care of two homes in the South Bay of Los Angeles. San Pedro. For a Japanese American Family interned in Manzanar, near Lone Pine Ca. When they returned, everything was the way they left it but their grocery and egg business was sold to whites for pennies on the dollar. They regrouped and ended up owning other businesses by the mid fifties. To this day, my mexican/Filipino family feel were part of theirs and vice versa.
You should look up the story of Ralph Lazo, a young Mexican American who voluntarily spent two years imprisoned in Manzanar in solidarity with his Japanese American friends.
@@on2wheels378 word! I had only heard of his story in the past few years, of course he kept at it :) I hope no one ever has to experience this again, we all have to watch out for each other. I’m Japanese-American myself, my family lived in Riverside before they were forced into camp.
I hate that I didn’t learn this at all in school. What happened to those in Europe and here in the US should be taught. Thankfully because of social media we are able to learn of the new atrocities of this country with what’s going on with children coming from South of the border.
I grew up 30 miles from the camps in Utah. I didn't learn about it in school and no one talked about it in the community. My grandfather showed me where and told me all about it when i was 18 and considering the military. He was shocked they didn't talk about it and wanted me to know just how inglorious and heartbreaking war can be. Really was a big moment in my life.
Its taught in most places in America lol. you just had a bad education. 1940 was a very different time, but it was common to do this stuff when you were at war with a country. Japan literally just bombed pearl harbor, even though the innocent Japanese immigrants had nothing to do with it, it was 1940 the Government didn't know any better. They also weren't sending them there to their death it was just temporary detainment.
@@tburr7502 I get what you are saying and I don't want to just jump to conclusions and say that it was racism without looking at it as objective as I can. The Germans that lived in America were never put into camps. Sure, most of them lived far longer in the US than most of the Japanese people. However there was a nazi movement in America and several german-amsricans went to the third Reich to fight for it. There were no fanatical organizations like that full of Japanese nationalists, which were directly supporting their ancestral homeland. Or rather I have never heard of any and if they did existed, they probably were never that big. I am not saying that the Germans should have been put into camps, but why weren't they when there was real extremism and support for the enemy in parts of that community? Sure a lot of American Nazım were later prosecuted and maybe even some innocent people, but why not at the same scale as the Japanese-Americans were? I mean after they put these people into camps, they also forced them to fight in their war. Of course they weren't allowed to fight in the pacific, but again soldiers of German heritage were send to europe and north Africa to fight Nazis. So we're Italian americans. And after all that, those Japanese soldiers still showed that they were not above serving and fought bravely for a country that didn't even trust them or respect them. They were forced to fight and they still performed their duties. America is an enigma. It makes no sense.
I wonder why? Since the US has ALWAYS been so transparent and tots honest about every single atrocity it ever commited. Just like EVERY other former or new colonial power. Were you thought about the US-Philippine war or the so called 'forgotten' (for reasons of more atrocious war crimes than 'Nam) Korean war?
Dear Paul, I am so sorry this horrible crime was committed to you, your family, and the others! Thank you for teaching us more about this sad part of history. Blessings I pray on you and your family.
You do you realize this happened to every race in every country right.... It was 1940s we didnt have computers or technology. The world was a very different place.
@@tburr7502 i suppose that means we should ignore it huh? you'd like us to look past these things, but you're supposed to learn from history little buddy. Not pretend it never happened or wasn't as bad as survivors claim. You want us to look past the children being held in camps right now, don't you?
Very sad, especially being Japanese myself. This really shows how fear can change people for the worst. America was afraid back then, but Japanese Americans proved them wrong by standing up and fighting for a country that didnt care whether they lived or died. America is still afraid and the cycle continues. When will people actually learn from history rather than repeat it countless times.
Wow. What a powerful message and strong story. Thank god for people like this man who survived and cohesively tells his story so people can begin to understand the damage these “internment” camps really do.
>ank god for people like this man who survived They pretty much all survived... Those were not extermination camps, they were essentially in a POW camp. They had it easy compared to those who were drafted to go fight and die in the war.
I see people saying that calling them “concentration camps” is over the top. It is when compared to the ones used by the Nazis for example. However, concentration camp is the correct name. From the Brittanica encyclopaedia- concentration camp, internment centre for political prisoners and members of national or minority groups who are confined for reasons of state security, exploitation, or punishment, usually by executive decree or military order.
I believe the term "concentration camp" and "internment camp" and "imprisonment camp" are grammatically correct. An ethnic group was gathered and concentrated into a small geopgraphic area. In that regard they were like the "concentration camps" in Europe. However, the eurpoean's goals were to murder directly and indirectly (forced labor, starvation, and disease) the selected groups (Jews, Roma, Gay, physically infirm) that were forced into those camps. I use the word "europeans", because there were many more perpetrators than german. There were many Europeans that took great joy in the murder of 'other'.
Im glad i watched the whole video..My father was a POW and survived the Bataan Death March in the Philippines. The Japanese military was brutal to our soldiers... Paul Tomita thank you for speaking up for human rights and for people of color! What happened to your family was wrong. You are a true American and keep fighting for equal rights for humanity...
They did the same thing to us in Japan. Watch the rising sun with Christian bale and Ben Stiller. No one is innocent in times of war just doing what it takes to survive.
I grew up in Sanpete County, Utah. They had some of the Japanese camps there. I didn't ever learn or talk about it in school. My grandfather took me to where they were and told me all about how wrong it was but it seemed fair at the time.... Its truly heartbreaking. I think we need to share even the worst mistakes our country has made. Otherwise we will repeat them in one form or another.
logically speaking you just wouldn't do it, families from all different countries have had roots here for hundreds of years now. Even 50 years+ is a very long time. The same logic from 100+ years ago just doesn't come into play here. It would never happen. 1940 was a fuckin brutal time, people act like the world was sunshine and rainbows, its only really been this peaceful for about the last 40 ish years. My parents lived through the cold war which nobody born in the 80s or 90s even really knew about
notice how they avoid coverage of the 60 year, 1.8 million dead genocide in west papua like the fucking plague tho. world's biggest gold mine, u.s. corp freeport mcmoran. sucks if you're west papuan huh vice.
@@MrHihihibye definitely agree that there is more to cover, however some of the things they cover they still do quite well, that's why I like watching them. Do you have a source for them being in favor of vaccine mandates? Based on how they phrase that I might need to boycot
@@atomictraveller notice how other news sources cover it? ABC in depth, DW.... Why not watch those or better yet, contact vice news. Want their contact? Read the bloody FAQ in the description.
My grandfather started a bowling league with interned Japanese in Idaho after the war and was close friends with many! He even let them stay in the basement during and after the war.
When ever a senior who curses that may normally not curse, you know they're royally pissed off lol. I encourage anyone to look into this type of history. Living in the Pacific NorthWest im still uncovering these types of stories. These sad truths are rich over here and its worth taking the time to learn about it. Pretty crazy to see even after all these years that the same stuff is still happening to this day.
I'm from PNW too... What part are you in? Any additional info you could share would be appreciated, as I find this type of info important & informative. I like to share with my young kids as well)
I live near the Minidoka Camp. When I first moved here I took a drive one day. I saw a sign that said Hunt and an arrow. Went down the road a bit and there's the remains of a guard house made by basalt and a plaque. All the other buildings were either destroyed or moved. And I'm thinking, jeez, they never taught me this in U.S. History. This is before it became a National Monument. Yep, a lot of loamy soil here and very occasionally the wind whips up and blows it everywhere. Always have had a bit of problems with dust here. And thank you for the insight in that period. It was so wrong.
This happened to my in-laws. My ex-husband wasn’t born yet, his brother was. They took everything from them then years later the gov gave them a check but it took like 40 something years. My brother in law died before he got his check. I appreciate videos like this so that I can share them with my my children.
I was prepared to be sympathetic towards this man until he went on a "white people" rant. The reason this was done was because the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. It doesn't excuse this, but someone in authority decided this was necessary to calm down the masses. Stop with the white blaming. It's time to focus on the situation here, today, right now! They are working on killing as many of us as they possibly can, and they don't care what color we are.
Camp Amache in southeast Colorado in the town of Granada is on the verge of becoming a national park. My brother in law runs the program and has done amazing things to keep this part of history alive and remembered so everyone can learn what actually happened and what went on. They are in the process of trying to rebuild some buildings amongst other things. Feel free to look it up!
My wife of 27+years is Japanese and her family is from Nagasaki. When I decided to introduce her to my family in North Idaho, I called my grandmother and told her about this special lady I wanted her to meet...at the end I said oh by the way she happens to be Japanese.. My grandmother got real quiet.. I asked grandma are you there? She just said two words, World War II..My family lost several members in the Pacific durring WWII and I remembered it was the 55th anniversary of the end of the war. I replied grandma, neither I or my wife were born then..so I had several reservations and was not sure what to expect when I finally arrived. Later I took off and returned and found my mom, grandmother and my future wife at a table all laughing as if they had been friends for years.. I was relieved. Many years later I had the chance to ask my grandmother what had changed about the way she looked at my wife? She told me it took a while but it was my words neither I or she were born then... That simple statement was what she needed to move on from the past! Now my wife and I have 2 boys 12 and 17yrs old and have dual citizenship as my wife is still a Japanese citizen and my local congresswoman is Doris Matsui. Her and her husband Robert were intoured in the Japanese camps as children.. Her husband Robert Matsui was a distinguished Congressman for the Sacramento area for many many years and is highly thought of to this day and his wife Doris Matsui still serves in her husband's seat in the U.S. Congress after he passed from cancer. I will always be grateful for the help I recived for my service connected disability when I was injured while serving in the U.S. Army 31yrs ago. I know how much this community appreciates thier service to this community over the many decades they chose to call Sacramento thier home. Thank You so much to the Matsui family for working tirelessly all these years for my community!! A disabled US Army Veteran
Only people of color? never heard of "Irish need not apply"? There was racism. But it wasn't just on racial lines. But ethnic lines as well. And not only against non-whites.
@E.X. CEASER My ancestors from my mother side which is purely ginger Irish descents are discriminated against because they are stigmatized for being witch. I was a 6th generational American. Pretty much before UK became a colonial power, they invaded Ireland first.
My family was there too. VICE, thank you for filming this, but you failed to note that the day you uploaded this video, February 17, is the Japanese-American Day of Remembrance, and 2022 marks the 80th anniversary since the signing of Executive Order 9066, the action which led to the incarceration of Japanese Americans. NEVER AGAIN.
Over 130,000 Allied civilians - 50,000 men, 42,000 women and 40,000 children - were interned by the Japanese in the Far East during the Second World War. The majority of them were Dutch nationals from the Netherlands East Indies. Internees included colonial officials and their families, employees of European companies and the families of servicemen. More than 14,000 civilian internees were to die as a result of their internment. Internees were held in more than 350 camps across the Far East. In the internment camps conditions were severe. Food and clothing were generally in short supply and facilities were basic. Conditions varied according to the location of the camps. Those on mainland China fared relatively well, but conditions in the Netherlands East Indies were among the worst and casualties from disease and malnutrition were high.
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Thankfully with the Education system banning books and teaching things that make white america "uncomfortable", they do not need to ever deal with it. Winning!!!
Not too different from the cult of leader in North Korea. The beauty of this is everyone thinks they're "free" in America because guns while NK citizen actually realize they are being fed bullshit.
I was lucky enough to go to a school in Utah where minority studies were heavily focused on in History classes. I learned so much about people who have suffered in America, and I am grateful for it. I have been an avid reader of historical literature and textbooks ever since then. I hope kids now still get what I got.
@@Ash-of2vp I went to school in Utah, USA. This was definitely covered and taught. I read a book about Japanese Americans during WW2 in middle school. If I didn’t read it, my grade would have been docked massively. Reading history books has been a hobby of mine ever since then.
Do you actually think you have a choice? What, you think your shotgun is going to save you when the government decides to fly over a city and drop agent orange on it?
@@jazeenharal6013 I've heard of so many fools such as yourself. You complain and complain, then you get the virus and the very first thing you do is run to the very doctors you were making fun of. Read the next words I'm about to say carefully: YOUR RIGHTS HAVE LIMITS! The limit is when your rights infringe on those of other people. If * you're willing to stay home when you get the virus and not clog up the hospitals like all of you antivaxxers do * you didn't land up spreading the virus to others, killing them too then I'd agree with you. But your decisions are literally affecting the lives of everyone else here. Why is that so hard for you to understand?
@@dontbanmebrodontbanme5403 it’s hard for me to believe you spent your valuable time making such baseless assumptions lol. you took a really general comment and absolutely ran with it 😂
American Pastime, Bad Day at Black Rock, Come See The Paradise, Day of Independence, Farwell to Manzanar, Forgotten Valor, Go For Broke (atleast two of them), Hell to Eternity, If Tomorrow Comes....I can keep going. The point is maaaaybe you should look things up before commenting? Maybe if you had youd be able to say more than just labeling it all an atrocity, without knowing anything about it....
There has been an agenda for the last few years to dismantle America for some reason, not sure if its other countries or what but its bled its way into the entertainment industry now and everyone hops on the bandwagon. Its too easy to see these things and make videos on them baiting peoples feelings. They want people to hate America for some reason its wild.
Agree plus calling it a consecration camp is too much and by definition not the same thing, that why is called a relocation center. Still fuckin sucked tho but not as worst as a consecration camp.
I appreciate that he compared what happened to him to what happens to Mexican children today. I thought people forgot about that issue now that Biden is in office.
My great grandfather was put in a Japanese concentration camp & he wasn’t even Japanese. He was a Filipino-America who also served in the US Navy. What a horrible shame smh
I remember learning about this in high school, didn’t go as in depth as this video but I did learn we sent Japanese Americans to American concentration camps. Maybe your state doesn’t require having this in their curriculum but they teach this in California.
@@norbertlu8353 if i understood their comment correctly i think what they‘re trying to say is that because of covid and all the media attention it‘s gotten, many people kind of forgot that these camps still exist as they get no coverage anymore! i could be wrong tho
There was a Japanese camp in Seabrook South Jersey. They eventually turned the little houses into low income housing. They were there up until about 20 years ago. They took them down and built more section eight housing.
My grandfather & his siblings along with my great-grandparents where sent to Poston,AZ relocation camp. My great grandparents where given some money from the goverment in their 70s & 80s.
Thanks for this. My grandfather who was born in the US was sent to a concentration camp, and he refused to fight for the US and so they deported him to Japan.
🤖🌞💟may this gentleman have many future blessings for him and those who were protesting against the "new modernized" concentration camps.. and them not waiting them to go through everything they did in the past and even though it's not going towards someone in similar demographic but us (I'm a minority) as minorities as a whole and helping one another is truly beautiful and him saying it how it is is truly poetic loved how he expressed everything he's felt in years through words instead of something more negative.💟🌞🤖
This is shameful. I'm so glad you are still alive and healthy, Mr. Tomita, an American, born in the USA. This sort of thing should never happen again in America, to any group including those seeking asylum, like those coming in from South and Central America, Africa, and elsewhere.
@MKULTRABOOST Have you thought that two nuclear bombs that the US threw on Nagasaki and Hiroshima were war crimes? They were used against civilians, not against enemy bases, forces etc. Think about that before you dare lecture others.
there were some germans and italian americans interned in camps during WW2, he makes that mistake. its just vastly vastly lower then the number of Japanese Americans that were forced to go through it.
Yes, also Canada interned ' enemy aliens ' during WWI. Lithuanians if memory serves. Two good books : ' Justice Delayed '. & ' Justice Denied '. about Japanese internment.
I am so sorry you had to go trough such suffering. There are no words to describe how I feel after hearing Someone directly affected from this tragedy. The worst part is there is still so much hate out there.
So horrible. And such a tragedy that things like this still happen! Right now Uyghur people, or people who look "too Uyghur" or even are just from certain areas are imprisoned or even killed in concentration camps in China! The CCP dictatorship is just unfathomably evil. Racism and discrimination MUST end, but it never will until we educate ourselves AND stand up for one another.
watching and reading all the horror stuffs we did past and present really saddens me. we should honestly stop aspiring to be "the international cops" and fix all these problems at home....
@jJ In Texas I see it everyday. Yesterday I was fired for forgetting to clock out while I ate for five minutes. Meanwhile the laziest worker we have (who is white) ate his whole lunch, 30+ minutes, on the clock. He wasn’t even written up.
It’s not just White Americans, it’s also Chinese-American, Korean-American, and Other Asian-American minorities resenting what Japan did to their native country during WW2 Note: I’m Korean-American
If you don't like America if you don't like what's going on here. Leave! No one is keeping you here no one is telling you to stay. If you are complaining about this country then go to another country I'm pretty sure they'll be happy to have you. PS. I am not white my family immigrated here one generation ago and I am very happy with this country stop complaining
Hes right. German american don't get this treatment like japanese american. Thats racist. Some ppl must gain a lot of wealth from the liquidation of japanese businees.
Germany wasn't at war with us until after Pearl Harbor, in the USA we didn't want to be involved in WW2. So people didnt worry about germany until after P.H attack when we declared war on them. It was a scary time for all
that ending made me cry, i was born in 2000 and hearing about what happened way back then makes me so sad and like he said history is repeating itself which is again hella fucking sad
A touching video, and yes ! governments need to stop! its been 90 years now?! And it's still going on. and yet They've learned nothing. We all have to learn to live together and help each other.
*They've actually learned a lot! It is why we live in 👺🌎. *They run EVERYTHING including all our comms and the devices we're typing on but I get and agree w/your sentiment.
Without government not only would it not have happened, but there wouldn't have been war in the first place. We as humankind need to realize that so called 'leaders' are totally unnecessary and establish a new world devoid of government. Doing away with these hollow shells in fancy suits would solve virtually all of our problems. Unfortunately almost everyone is a statist nowadays, they just can't fathom a world in which we don't have these tyrants making and enforcing ridiculous, arbitrary laws. If everyone refused to comply with govt mandates today, we'd live in paradise tomorrow.
During WW1 my family was almost thrown into an internment camp for their ties to the German Imperial Navy through extended family. My grandfather's grandfather was told he had to declare himself an enemy alien despite being very young when he came to the US and being here for over 20 years when WW1 broke out. I wish those people were still here to be interviewed about the anti-German sentiment during WW1 but they've long since gone, no one really knows about the topic or about the lynching of Robert Prager because it was suppressed by the government for a long time and forgotten by most as a result. The last man killed in WW1 was from my family's neighborhood in Baltimore and he basically killed himself attempting to prove he was American and not German in the final minutes of WW1, his name was Henry Gunther and he was a German by ethnicity but American by birth.
Its absolutely true that history tends to repeat itself by revealing the darkest side of dominant citizens over weaker citizens in any given nation during political warfare. Some people usually say that when another world war breaksout the worst is yet to happen to certain citizens of the world, however one can honestly say that by reviewing history's chronological data that the worst has already happened to many citizens of the world during the darkest historical periods of wars etc,. When in fact should another world war occur history will only repeat the same type of atrocious scenarios, because of the same racial tentions that humanity has towards each others differences that continues to persist since the day when men first tried to conquer and rule the world by taking away personal liberties from others.
I can’t imagine how heart breaking that was for his parents to have to have their children go through this awful horrible situation. Their childhood ruined, their parents lives also ruined.. So sad for everyone who had to endure losing everything and then also treated like some criminal.. 😢
I’ve been having quite amazing discussions with Asian Americans in recent weeks here in San Diego discussing the concentration of Japanese - specifically in Southern California but also all across US. I’m so happy you guys are bringing attention to this topic. It’s a forgotten part of Americas horrible past.
@@DevinCastellanos. That man is Chinese American, why do you think he has the say on the policy of a different country. You the type to say “go back to your own country”.
@@bryanzen300 Bryan, you have no credibility. If you say your Chinese and are worried about interment/labor camps then you need to recognize what the communist Chinese party is doing to their own people which is the Uyghurs.
@@DevinCastellanos. ummmm, he literally said that he was worried. Your statement of him being worried about Uyghurs is under that umbrella, so I don't get why you're being so hostile?
My grandpa fought against the Japanese Imperial Army in Malaysia back then, when he was alive, he told me lots of these horrible things he saw during the war. 1 thing he taught me is, always remember not all the Japanese are bad, just because 1 person did terrible things to you, doesn’t mean his whole family/races/nation are equally bad as him. He basically taught me not be a racist, and everyone are equal.
The world is often more gray rather than black or white
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Shouldn’t be taught to not be racist. Should come natural
@@kaimcdonald4273 usually does, but people are taught and raised TO be racist.
@@iheartdbeat1235 very true and it’s sad
My Mexican American/Filipino American family during that time took care of two homes in the South Bay of Los Angeles. San Pedro. For a Japanese American Family interned in Manzanar, near Lone Pine Ca. When they returned, everything was the way they left it but their grocery and egg business was sold to whites for pennies on the dollar. They regrouped and ended up owning other businesses by the mid fifties.
To this day, my mexican/Filipino family feel were part of theirs and vice versa.
Good on your family for the support they offered their neighbors. Thanks for sharing your story.
You should look up the story of Ralph Lazo, a young Mexican American who voluntarily spent two years imprisoned in Manzanar in solidarity with his Japanese American friends.
@@flashywordz don't need to, he was a civil rights and educator known in the LA area.
@@on2wheels378 word! I had only heard of his story in the past few years, of course he kept at it :) I hope no one ever has to experience this again, we all have to watch out for each other. I’m Japanese-American myself, my family lived in Riverside before they were forced into camp.
I hate that I didn’t learn this at all in school. What happened to those in Europe and here in the US should be taught. Thankfully because of social media we are able to learn of the new atrocities of this country with what’s going on with children coming from South of the border.
I grew up 30 miles from the camps in Utah. I didn't learn about it in school and no one talked about it in the community. My grandfather showed me where and told me all about it when i was 18 and considering the military. He was shocked they didn't talk about it and wanted me to know just how inglorious and heartbreaking war can be. Really was a big moment in my life.
Its taught in most places in America lol. you just had a bad education. 1940 was a very different time, but it was common to do this stuff when you were at war with a country. Japan literally just bombed pearl harbor, even though the innocent Japanese immigrants had nothing to do with it, it was 1940 the Government didn't know any better. They also weren't sending them there to their death it was just temporary detainment.
What school do you attend lmao? Everybody i've ever heard of has been taught about this and the supreme court case around it.
you were not taught this in school? or you just didn't pay attention? We are taught about this stuff in Australia
@@tburr7502 I get what you are saying and I don't want to just jump to conclusions and say that it was racism without looking at it as objective as I can. The Germans that lived in America were never put into camps. Sure, most of them lived far longer in the US than most of the Japanese people. However there was a nazi movement in America and several german-amsricans went to the third Reich to fight for it. There were no fanatical organizations like that full of Japanese nationalists, which were directly supporting their ancestral homeland. Or rather I have never heard of any and if they did existed, they probably were never that big. I am not saying that the Germans should have been put into camps, but why weren't they when there was real extremism and support for the enemy in parts of that community? Sure a lot of American Nazım were later prosecuted and maybe even some innocent people, but why not at the same scale as the Japanese-Americans were? I mean after they put these people into camps, they also forced them to fight in their war. Of course they weren't allowed to fight in the pacific, but again soldiers of German heritage were send to europe and north Africa to fight Nazis. So we're Italian americans. And after all that, those Japanese soldiers still showed that they were not above serving and fought bravely for a country that didn't even trust them or respect them. They were forced to fight and they still performed their duties. America is an enigma. It makes no sense.
Thank you doing this. My grandparents were interned as well and this was barely covered in school.
Democrats have done some terrible things.
Guess states just ashamed
Bless you both as English hard too imagine
I'm 20 years old and just now learning about this. So sad.
I wonder why?
Since the US has ALWAYS been so transparent and tots honest about every single atrocity it ever commited.
Just like EVERY other former or new colonial power.
Were you thought about the US-Philippine war or the so called 'forgotten' (for reasons of more atrocious war crimes than 'Nam) Korean war?
@@LB-uo7xy social studies
Dear Paul, I am so sorry this horrible crime was committed to you, your family, and the others! Thank you for teaching us more about this sad part of history. Blessings I pray on you and your family.
You do you realize this happened to every race in every country right.... It was 1940s we didnt have computers or technology. The world was a very different place.
@@tburr7502 i suppose that means we should ignore it huh? you'd like us to look past these things, but you're supposed to learn from history little buddy. Not pretend it never happened or wasn't as bad as survivors claim. You want us to look past the children being held in camps right now, don't you?
Very very honoraber
Thank you for publishing this story Vice. People NEED to know this history so that we can control the narrative of our future.
This is common knowledge, it was never hidden... The government did it openly at the time.
Very sad, especially being Japanese myself. This really shows how fear can change people for the worst. America was afraid back then, but Japanese Americans proved them wrong by standing up and fighting for a country that didnt care whether they lived or died. America is still afraid and the cycle continues. When will people actually learn from history rather than repeat it countless times.
If you dislike MERICA you can kindly move elsewhere and see how much better everywhere else is 🤣
@@smokeymcpot992 😩
That’s how democrats are
@@smokeymcpot992 his point flew so far above your head, you didn't even notice it, did you?
@@KimiEclipse your narrow minded thoughts would make you think that but maybe you should expand your outlook on things 🤣
Wow. What a powerful message and strong story. Thank god for people like this man who survived and cohesively tells his story so people can begin to understand the damage these “internment” camps really do.
>ank god for people like this man who survived
They pretty much all survived... Those were not extermination camps, they were essentially in a POW camp. They had it easy compared to those who were drafted to go fight and die in the war.
A lot of Washington residents out here don’t know that the Washington(Puyallup) state fair grounds were once a concentration camp.
Yep my friends grandma never set foot on that place again after she left after the war. She found it slickening it was turned to a fair ground.
@@a-hvlogs2046 I never would’ve considered how that would’ve made all those victims feel. It’s a huge slap in the face to their struggle. Wow
@@jordanB206 The red barn is original lol thats pretty creepy
I see people saying that calling them “concentration camps” is over the top. It is when compared to the ones used by the Nazis for example. However, concentration camp is the correct name. From the Brittanica encyclopaedia-
concentration camp, internment centre for political prisoners and members of national or minority groups who are confined for reasons of state security, exploitation, or punishment, usually by executive decree or military order.
I believe the term "concentration camp" and "internment camp" and "imprisonment camp" are grammatically correct. An ethnic group was gathered and concentrated into a small geopgraphic area. In that regard they were like the "concentration camps" in Europe. However, the eurpoean's goals were to murder directly and indirectly (forced labor, starvation, and disease) the selected groups (Jews, Roma, Gay, physically infirm) that were forced into those camps. I use the word "europeans", because there were many more perpetrators than german. There were many Europeans that took great joy in the murder of 'other'.
word salad... they were placed there innocently against their will by a Democrat named FDR.
I have always wanted to hear someone speak about this. Thank you for sharing your story.
Im glad i watched the whole video..My father was a POW and survived the Bataan Death March in the Philippines. The Japanese military was brutal to our soldiers... Paul Tomita thank you for speaking up for human rights and for people of color! What happened to your family was wrong. You are a true American and keep fighting for equal rights for humanity...
Thank you for shining some light on one of the many struggles Asian-Americans faced in America.
Period
Well, I think it was Justified. What do you think the Japanese would have done if there were Substantiating sums of Caucasian Americans.
@@laknidubandara because 1940s japan lead by example right
@@laknidubandara thank god most people dont have the same beliefs as you
They did the same thing to us in Japan. Watch the rising sun with Christian bale and Ben Stiller. No one is innocent in times of war just doing what it takes to survive.
I grew up in Sanpete County, Utah. They had some of the Japanese camps there. I didn't ever learn or talk about it in school. My grandfather took me to where they were and told me all about how wrong it was but it seemed fair at the time.... Its truly heartbreaking. I think we need to share even the worst mistakes our country has made. Otherwise we will repeat them in one form or another.
I remember learning about this in school. My teacher said it's still in law that they could do this again during a war. Not sure if that's true or not
logically speaking you just wouldn't do it, families from all different countries have had roots here for hundreds of years now. Even 50 years+ is a very long time. The same logic from 100+ years ago just doesn't come into play here. It would never happen. 1940 was a fuckin brutal time, people act like the world was sunshine and rainbows, its only really been this peaceful for about the last 40 ish years. My parents lived through the cold war which nobody born in the 80s or 90s even really knew about
Vice been putting out a lot of good stuff lately, keep up the great work
notice how they avoid coverage of the 60 year, 1.8 million dead genocide in west papua like the fucking plague tho.
world's biggest gold mine, u.s. corp freeport mcmoran. sucks if you're west papuan huh vice.
Vice avoids the actual problems in the world. They are pro "vaccine" mandates. They are not on the side of the working class.
The USA is a rotten onion,
So many layers of fucked up history.
@@MrHihihibye definitely agree that there is more to cover, however some of the things they cover they still do quite well, that's why I like watching them.
Do you have a source for them being in favor of vaccine mandates? Based on how they phrase that I might need to boycot
@@atomictraveller notice how other news sources cover it? ABC in depth, DW.... Why not watch those or better yet, contact vice news. Want their contact? Read the bloody FAQ in the description.
My grandfather started a bowling league with interned Japanese in Idaho after the war and was close friends with many! He even let them stay in the basement during and after the war.
Paul has a big heart. Thank you Paul for telling your story and continuing to be a voice for hope against injustice 👍🏿
When ever a senior who curses that may normally not curse, you know they're royally pissed off lol. I encourage anyone to look into this type of history. Living in the Pacific NorthWest im still uncovering these types of stories. These sad truths are rich over here and its worth taking the time to learn about it. Pretty crazy to see even after all these years that the same stuff is still happening to this day.
I'm from PNW too... What part are you in? Any additional info you could share would be appreciated, as I find this type of info important & informative. I like to share with my young kids as well)
I live near the Minidoka Camp. When I first moved here I took a drive one day. I saw a sign that said Hunt and an arrow. Went down the road a bit and there's the remains of a guard house made by basalt and a plaque. All the other buildings were either destroyed or moved. And I'm thinking, jeez, they never taught me this in U.S. History. This is before it became a National Monument. Yep, a lot of loamy soil here and very occasionally the wind whips up and blows it everywhere. Always have had a bit of problems with dust here. And thank you for the insight in that period. It was so wrong.
This happened to my in-laws. My ex-husband wasn’t born yet, his brother was. They took everything from them then years later the gov gave them a check but it took like 40 something years. My brother in law died before he got his check. I appreciate videos like this so that I can share them with my my children.
Thank you for your service to humanity.
May that these atrocities never again occur on earth.
This is happening right now! In this country.
I was prepared to be sympathetic towards this man until he went on a "white people" rant. The reason this was done was because the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. It doesn't excuse this, but someone in authority decided
this was necessary to calm down the masses. Stop with the white blaming.
It's time to focus on the situation here, today, right now! They are working on killing as many of us as they possibly can, and they don't care what color we are.
@@Sssteelo Who is being put in concentration camps???
@@tburr7502 children are in cages at the border and you just want to pretend it isn't happening lol
I’m sorry he’s 82??? Wow he looks amazing!
Thank you for sharing your story also with us!
Asians don’t agein’
I heard he is single. That may be your chance!
Remember this is so recent George Takei is another survivor
@@ShidaiTaino No, bro. You spelled agein’ wrong. It’s ageing or aging. You welcome bro.
Big up to melanin magic. Melanin aka the anti aging potion
This is an extraordinarily powerful documentary. It took awhile to find it but it has redeemed vices value to myself as a tool of education.
Camp Amache in southeast Colorado in the town of Granada is on the verge of becoming a national park. My brother in law runs the program and has done amazing things to keep this part of history alive and remembered so everyone can learn what actually happened and what went on. They are in the process of trying to rebuild some buildings amongst other things. Feel free to look it up!
My wife of 27+years is Japanese and her family is from Nagasaki. When I decided to introduce her to my family in North Idaho, I called my grandmother and told her about this special lady I wanted her to meet...at the end I said oh by the way she happens to be Japanese.. My grandmother got real quiet.. I asked grandma are you there? She just said two words, World War II..My family lost several members in the Pacific durring WWII and I remembered it was the 55th anniversary of the end of the war. I replied grandma, neither I or my wife were born then..so I had several reservations and was not sure what to expect when I finally arrived. Later I took off and returned and found my mom, grandmother and my future wife at a table all laughing as if they had been friends for years.. I was relieved. Many years later I had the chance to ask my grandmother what had changed about the way she looked at my wife? She told me it took a while but it was my words neither I or she were born then... That simple statement was what she needed to move on from the past! Now my wife and I have 2 boys 12 and 17yrs old and have dual citizenship as my wife is still a Japanese citizen and my local congresswoman is Doris Matsui. Her and her husband Robert were intoured in the Japanese camps as children.. Her husband Robert Matsui was a distinguished Congressman for the Sacramento area for many many years and is highly thought of to this day and his wife Doris Matsui still serves in her husband's seat in the U.S. Congress after he passed from cancer. I will always be grateful for the help I recived for my service connected disability when I was injured while serving in the U.S. Army 31yrs ago. I know how much this community appreciates thier service to this community over the many decades they chose to call Sacramento thier home. Thank You so much to the Matsui family for working tirelessly all these years for my community!! A disabled US Army Veteran
Only people of color? never heard of "Irish need not apply"?
There was racism. But it wasn't just on racial lines. But ethnic lines as well. And not only against non-whites.
@E.X. CEASER no But they where treated like second class citizens.
@E.X. CEASER My ancestors from my mother side which is purely ginger Irish descents are discriminated against because they are stigmatized for being witch. I was a 6th generational American. Pretty much before UK became a colonial power, they invaded Ireland first.
My family was there too. VICE, thank you for filming this, but you failed to note that the day you uploaded this video, February 17, is the Japanese-American Day of Remembrance, and 2022 marks the 80th anniversary since the signing of Executive Order 9066, the action which led to the incarceration of Japanese Americans. NEVER AGAIN.
I live 5 min from a Japanese Concentration camp. It's known today as the Puyallup Fairgrounds for the Washington state fair.
Over 130,000 Allied civilians - 50,000 men, 42,000 women and 40,000 children - were interned by the Japanese in the Far East during the Second World War. The majority of them were Dutch nationals from the Netherlands East Indies.
Internees included colonial officials and their families, employees of European companies and the families of servicemen. More than 14,000 civilian internees were to die as a result of their internment.
Internees were held in more than 350 camps across the Far East. In the internment camps conditions were severe. Food and clothing were generally in short supply and facilities were basic. Conditions varied according to the location of the camps. Those on mainland China fared relatively well, but conditions in the Netherlands East Indies were among the worst and casualties from disease and malnutrition were high.
((...we do know what makes life worth living. The people ...loved and they were loved. They were mothers and fathers; they were husbands and wives; sisters and brothers; sons and daughters; friends and neighbors. They had hopes for the future and they had dreams that were not yet fulfilled.
And if there’s anything to take away from this …it’s the reminder life is very fragile. Our time here is limited and it is precious. And what matters at the end of the day is not the small things, it’s not the trivial things, which so often consume us and our daily lives. Ultimately, it’s how we choose to treat one another and how we love one another.
It’s what we do on a daily basis to give our lives meaning and to give our lives purpose. That’s what matters. At the end of the day, what we’ll remember will be those we loved and what we did for others. That’s why we’re here.)) - President Obama 🔥 🔥
“Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.”
But , but , but, covid ain’t in history tho?!?! So we can suspend rights for that right
@@jitogee4206 what? Lol let me guess you are a trump supporter
@@jitogee4206 Spain flu??
@@jitogee4206 You don't have a right to spread disease, that's actually not in the constitution, believe it or not.
Y’all are as mad as me that vice made this video, they are implying that suspending rights is a bad thing ! We know it’s NEEDED
Thankfully with the Education system banning books and teaching things that make white america "uncomfortable", they do not need to ever deal with it. Winning!!!
Not too different from the cult of leader in North Korea. The beauty of this is everyone thinks they're "free" in America because guns while NK citizen actually realize they are being fed bullshit.
I was lucky enough to go to a school in Utah where minority studies were heavily focused on in History classes. I learned so much about people who have suffered in America, and I am grateful for it. I have been an avid reader of historical literature and textbooks ever since then. I hope kids now still get what I got.
You do know they have taught this specific topic in public school ever since it happened right.... You sound ignorant af
This wasn’t covered in school. Only knew about the nazi camps. Thank you for the information. America (and the human race) is something man….. smh
I'm not surprised it wasn't covered in American schools but we covered this and much more in my Canadian Education.
@@Ash-of2vp i read a book about this in middle school in rural GA
You can’t compare this to the nazi camps...
@@Ash-of2vp I went to school in Utah, USA. This was definitely covered and taught. I read a book about Japanese Americans during WW2 in middle school. If I didn’t read it, my grade would have been docked massively. Reading history books has been a hobby of mine ever since then.
@@thehighestofclouds9890 wasn’t comparing, just saying that the only concentration camps that were mentioned in my public schooling were nazi camps.
This is an important history lesson for future generations... Never let ANYONE "suspend" or take away any of your rights...
Lol, we haven't learned our lessons then...as half the country gleefully turns over medical autonomy to bureaucrats.
Do you actually think you have a choice? What, you think your shotgun is going to save you when the government decides to fly over a city and drop agent orange on it?
@@jazeenharal6013
I've heard of so many fools such as yourself. You complain and complain, then you get the virus and the very first thing you do is run to the very doctors you were making fun of. Read the next words I'm about to say carefully: YOUR RIGHTS HAVE LIMITS! The limit is when your rights infringe on those of other people. If
* you're willing to stay home when you get the virus and not clog up the hospitals like all of you antivaxxers do
* you didn't land up spreading the virus to others, killing them too
then I'd agree with you. But your decisions are literally affecting the lives of everyone else here. Why is that so hard for you to understand?
@@dontbanmebrodontbanme5403 it’s hard for me to believe you spent your valuable time making such baseless assumptions lol. you took a really general comment and absolutely ran with it 😂
@@dontbanmebrodontbanme5403 go outside, take a deep breath & touch grass.
Crazy how this isnt talked about more often
A very big no. A great injustice has been done to the American Japanese.
People need to stand together to stop letting history repeat again . For future generations.
Technology and mass surveillance will do that for you
I doubt Hollywood will ever make a movie about this atrocity.
American Pastime, Bad Day at Black Rock, Come See The Paradise, Day of Independence, Farwell to Manzanar, Forgotten Valor, Go For Broke (atleast two of them), Hell to Eternity, If Tomorrow Comes....I can keep going. The point is maaaaybe you should look things up before commenting? Maybe if you had youd be able to say more than just labeling it all an atrocity, without knowing anything about it....
Not to downplay this but I’m not sure why he says he “somehow survived.” Very few people died.
Also some Germans and Italians were taken too, though a much much smaller number
There has been an agenda for the last few years to dismantle America for some reason, not sure if its other countries or what but its bled its way into the entertainment industry now and everyone hops on the bandwagon. Its too easy to see these things and make videos on them baiting peoples feelings. They want people to hate America for some reason its wild.
Agree plus calling it a consecration camp is too much and by definition not the same thing, that why is called a relocation center. Still fuckin sucked tho but not as worst as a consecration camp.
He had asthma and was living in poor conditions as a baby
this is a valuable video. more people must see it.
Maybe if you lack all critical thinking, and are just looking for any reason to criticize the US...
@@eighterthabest9024 lol this guy is defending concentration camps
@@eighterthabest9024 calm down your white supremacy Is showing
I appreciate that he compared what happened to him to what happens to Mexican children today. I thought people forgot about that issue now that Biden is in office.
Put this in the history textbooks
No, German and Italian Americans were interred as well, my grandfather from Sicily was in a camp in California
The president shouldn't be able to take US citizen's civil rights away without congress.
It’s the president’s job to protect the United States 🇺🇸. It’s within his duties . He don’t need congress for everything
My great grandfather was put in a Japanese concentration camp & he wasn’t even Japanese. He was a Filipino-America who also served in the US Navy. What a horrible shame smh
It's enlightening how the victors have the opportunity to write history, this dark part of history is quietly brushed under the rug.
Thats all of America in a nutshell
What underfunded school did you go to I learned this in the 5th grade
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Unit 731
I remember learning about this in high school, didn’t go as in depth as this video but I did learn we sent Japanese Americans to American concentration camps. Maybe your state doesn’t require having this in their curriculum but they teach this in California.
Most baffling thing to think is that this guy is still alive. Living history
Therein lies the difference between a internment camp and a concentration camp.
@@EmoBrianEno doesn’t make it any better it’s still horrible and inhumane
@@nirvana2117 but he lived to tell his story and so did almost everyone else. I would say that makes it better than a concentration camp.
@@EmoBrianEno so being alive makes imprisonment OK? Lmao
Thank you for bringing up the concentration camps by ICE. Covid-19 made a lot of Americans forget that this was still happening.
That's an incredibly bad false equivalency argument
Nope this is not the equivalent to Covid
@@norbertlu8353 if i understood their comment correctly i think what they‘re trying to say is that because of covid and all the media attention it‘s gotten, many people kind of forgot that these camps still exist as they get no coverage anymore! i could be wrong tho
@@thegreathutt thank you so much for clearing this up!
ICE have been putting Mexican children in concentration camps for years
There was a Japanese camp in Seabrook South Jersey. They eventually turned the little houses into low income housing. They were there up until about 20 years ago. They took them down and built more section eight housing.
Nice I actually went down there being the northern half of NJ
My grandfather & his siblings along with my great-grandparents where sent to Poston,AZ relocation camp. My great grandparents where given some money from the goverment in their 70s & 80s.
YOUR WORDS COULD'NT ECHO ANY LOUDER! KEEP PREACHING!
Thanks for this. My grandfather who was born in the US was sent to a concentration camp, and he refused to fight for the US and so they deported him to Japan.
That is not good. I hope he ended up ok. When will American politicians learn that immigrants are absolutely essential to America and our future?
Good
Did he get back his citizenship after the war or just stayed in Japan?
You wanna live here then you better prove it.
@@mathewcameron123mc what do you mean prove it, that every citizen should participate in wars to prove their patriotism?
🤖🌞💟may this gentleman have many future blessings for him and those who were protesting against the "new modernized" concentration camps.. and them not waiting them to go through everything they did in the past and even though it's not going towards someone in similar demographic but us (I'm a minority) as minorities as a whole and helping one another is truly beautiful and him saying it how it is is truly poetic loved how he expressed everything he's felt in years through words instead of something more negative.💟🌞🤖
Powerful message
This is shameful. I'm so glad you are still alive and healthy, Mr. Tomita, an American, born in the USA. This sort of thing should never happen again in America, to any group including those seeking asylum, like those coming in from South and Central America, Africa, and elsewhere.
The white america he was referring to was Franklin Roosevelt
Still like this now
Unbelievable and a crime against our people. I just want to cry for them .
@MKULTRABOOST yes definitely, but this does not excuse any others to commit lesser crimes.
@MKULTRABOOST Have you thought that two nuclear bombs that the US threw on Nagasaki and Hiroshima were war crimes? They were used against civilians, not against enemy bases, forces etc. Think about that before you dare lecture others.
George Takei (Star Trek) was a survivor of the concentration camps as well.
there were some germans and italian americans interned in camps during WW2, he makes that mistake. its just vastly vastly lower then the number of Japanese Americans that were forced to go through it.
Yes, also Canada interned ' enemy aliens ' during WWI. Lithuanians if memory serves. Two good books : ' Justice Delayed '. & ' Justice Denied '. about Japanese internment.
I am so sorry you had to go trough such suffering. There are no words to describe how I feel after hearing Someone directly affected from this tragedy. The worst part is there is still so much hate out there.
This story was untold. I hope lots of people watch this video
So horrible. And such a tragedy that things like this still happen! Right now Uyghur people, or people who look "too Uyghur" or even are just from certain areas are imprisoned or even killed in concentration camps in China! The CCP dictatorship is just unfathomably evil. Racism and discrimination MUST end, but it never will until we educate ourselves AND stand up for one another.
watching and reading all the horror stuffs we did past and present really saddens me. we should honestly stop aspiring to be "the international cops" and fix all these problems at home....
We can do both. But for the majority of white America we are the problems at home.
Well said.
In the past? 🤣 today
@jJ In Texas I see it everyday. Yesterday I was fired for forgetting to clock out while I ate for five minutes. Meanwhile the laziest worker we have (who is white) ate his whole lunch, 30+ minutes, on the clock. He wasn’t even written up.
@@DaMan006 I guarantee you aren't even 21 and you think you know everything and have all the answers dont you
It’s not just White Americans, it’s also Chinese-American, Korean-American, and Other Asian-American minorities resenting what Japan did to their native country during WW2
Note: I’m Korean-American
If you don't like America if you don't like what's going on here. Leave! No one is keeping you here no one is telling you to stay. If you are complaining about this country then go to another country I'm pretty sure they'll be happy to have you. PS. I am not white my family immigrated here one generation ago and I am very happy with this country stop complaining
Hes right. German american don't get this treatment like japanese american. Thats racist.
Some ppl must gain a lot of wealth from the liquidation of japanese businees.
Germans were still attacked by non-german americans. Racial profiling goes both ways.
No, he was WRONG on that point: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_German_Americans
Germany wasn't at war with us until after Pearl Harbor, in the USA we didn't want to be involved in WW2. So people didnt worry about germany until after P.H attack when we declared war on them. It was a scary time for all
@@homewall744 if they used the 1/16 rule for Germans the entirety of the Midwest would’ve been interned
@@gooser6153 imagine being more racist than Ronald Regan. Even Regan acknowledge the Japanese got abused
As a father it broke my heart to see that man's mug shot from when he was 3!
At 82 he looks great and high spirited even after all he has been through.
A lot of you should look up the definition for the word connotation.
that ending made me cry, i was born in 2000 and hearing about what happened way back then makes me so sad and like he said history is repeating itself which is again hella fucking sad
Let us not forget what has happened when we have allowed assumptions, propaganda, and fear to rule over logic, compassion, and truth.
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Good reminder that Americans have temporary privileges not rights. Can be taken away any time the government feels like it
Something American government would like you to forget happened
What exactly happened? A concentration of japanese population? Oh no how scary how evil, lol
@@hulking_presence A concentration of Japanese Americans, their own citizens
🤡 why would they teach this in schools if they want you to forget it happened
@@blainegabbertgabonemhofgoa6602 a lot of schools don't lol
@@bobross8585 more like a lot of students don’t pay attention in class
The fact that we get free documentaries on RUclips by VICE is truly a gift. 👍 👍 👍
At least they didn't make you march to your camp without food or water
Americans didn't fight to start a war they fought to end the war.
Thank you so much for speaking out🙏
*internment
Also FYI the government tried to do this again blaming it on Covid
Vice displays amazingly interesting stories in a top-tier journalistic production: hands down one of the most valuable channels around. Awesome work!
A touching video, and yes ! governments need to stop! its been 90 years now?! And it's still going on. and yet They've learned nothing. We all have to learn to live together and help each other.
*They've actually learned a lot! It is why we live in 👺🌎. *They run EVERYTHING including all our comms and the devices we're typing on but I get and agree w/your sentiment.
Without government not only would it not have happened, but there wouldn't have been war in the first place. We as humankind need to realize that so called 'leaders' are totally unnecessary and establish a new world devoid of government. Doing away with these hollow shells in fancy suits would solve virtually all of our problems. Unfortunately almost everyone is a statist nowadays, they just can't fathom a world in which we don't have these tyrants making and enforcing ridiculous, arbitrary laws. If everyone refused to comply with govt mandates today, we'd live in paradise tomorrow.
During WW1 my family was almost thrown into an internment camp for their ties to the German Imperial Navy through extended family. My grandfather's grandfather was told he had to declare himself an enemy alien despite being very young when he came to the US and being here for over 20 years when WW1 broke out. I wish those people were still here to be interviewed about the anti-German sentiment during WW1 but they've long since gone, no one really knows about the topic or about the lynching of Robert Prager because it was suppressed by the government for a long time and forgotten by most as a result.
The last man killed in WW1 was from my family's neighborhood in Baltimore and he basically killed himself attempting to prove he was American and not German in the final minutes of WW1, his name was Henry Gunther and he was a German by ethnicity but American by birth.
Thank you sir for sharing with us
The real history of our people in this country.
If he was a white WW2 era person would it be fake history?
@@franklanksworth2235 what are you even trying to say
@@franklanksworth2235 We mostly hear about white history.
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He said they didn’t send Germans to camps it’s because even though they started it twice they never directly attacked American soil like Japan did
Its absolutely true that history tends to repeat itself by revealing the darkest side of dominant citizens over weaker citizens in any given nation during political warfare. Some people usually say that when another world war breaksout the worst is yet to happen to certain citizens of the world, however one can honestly say that by reviewing history's chronological data that the worst has already happened to many citizens of the world during the darkest historical periods of wars etc,. When in fact should another world war occur history will only repeat the same type of atrocious scenarios, because of the same racial tentions that humanity has towards each others differences that continues to persist since the day when men first tried to conquer and rule the world by taking away personal liberties from others.
My heart hurts
"Who built the cages, Joe?"
Calling it a concentration camp is quite harsh for the people who were actually in Germany experiencing genocide
concentration camps and death camps are two different things...
Farewell to Manzanar by Jeane Makatsuki Houston is the Authors experience at the japanese Internment camps. It's a free 5 hour audiobook on youtube
Inside an American Concentration Camp by Richard S Nishimoto and Looking Like The Enemy by Mary Matsuda Gruenewald are also good firsthand accounts
I wrote a paper in college about this.Not surprising that it has been snuffed from the media
Who controls the media? The left/liberal/Democrats. Yes?
Hmmm.
I can’t imagine how heart breaking that was for his parents to have to have their children go through this awful horrible situation. Their childhood ruined, their parents lives also ruined.. So sad for everyone who had to endure losing everything and then also treated like some criminal.. 😢
who cares do ? something about it
Very well said. Thanks for your thoughts.
And after the war Japanese Americans they were beat up by mexicans Filipinos blacks Native Americans
I'm lost.. so as a 3 year old he contemplated an escape from concentration camp??🤨
....Yes? Anything is possible when Vice wants to demonize some group they dont like, in this case, the whole of the US.
This was really eye opening and sad story. We need to stand up to these lockdowns and not let it happen again, the government has too much control
imagine comparing literal tyranny to lock downs lmfao
I’ve been having quite amazing discussions with Asian Americans in recent weeks here in San Diego discussing the concentration of Japanese - specifically in Southern California but also all across US. I’m so happy you guys are bringing attention to this topic. It’s a forgotten part of Americas horrible past.
Thank you for showing this.
I’m Chinese and I worry about internment camps.
Then you should be worried about what your country china is doing to the Uyghurs. What a time
@@DevinCastellanos. That man is Chinese American, why do you think he has the say on the policy of a different country. You the type to say “go back to your own country”.
@@bryanzen300 Bryan, you have no credibility. If you say your Chinese and are worried about interment/labor camps then you need to recognize what the communist Chinese party is doing to their own people which is the Uyghurs.
@@DevinCastellanos. ummmm, he literally said that he was worried. Your statement of him being worried about Uyghurs is under that umbrella, so I don't get why you're being so hostile?
You should probably be watching out for people who want to do you harm and blame covid becausebof your ethnicity
It got good until the end, tried to slip that in there 😂
He remembers what his mom said to him at 3 years old? The cap on this app..
Lol!
GOOD GREAT.. IAM MEXICAN.. THIS JAPANESE GUYS OPEN MY MIND MORE. TRUE WHITE AMERIKKKA IS NOT MERCYFLE WHIT COLOR PEOPLE
why we never learnt about this
You never paid attention in school then cause here in Tennessee we learned this in middle school
@@Andrew-jj1he or maybe its because i live in estern europe 🤔🤔😂
Franklin D. Roosevelt - Democrat.
He was the president who ordered this.