What this video doesn't mention is that the reason that Japanese Americans were locked up due to a racist army lying to the supreme court and saying Japanese americans were a national security concern. This was later proven thanks to the army's own records, of which all but one copy were destroyed. In addition, the only place to not have internment camps was Hawaii, the site of pearl harbor. There, where japanese Americans were 40% lf the population, they only locked up community community leaders with direct ties to japan, such as non-christian priests, head of the japanese chamber of confrence and Japanese language school principals. In all a total of 2000 people of 15000 people with no issues. edits for grammar (I typed this on my phone)
There are other places in the US where Japanese Americans where not incarcerated during WW2, like New Mexico, where Hiroshi "Hershey" Matsumoto, the Korean War Medal of Honor recipient was born and raised. There, the local authorities left the Japanese American residents alone, despite the presence of sensitive military facilities like Los Alamos and White Sands.
Our history isn't squeaky clean. But, we should never forget it so we don't repeat the same mistakes. History must be told as it was. Not what we wish it was. I'm looking at you, Repubs. No whitewashing our history to make yourselves feel better. Our history SHOULD be uncomfortable to hear. A lot of it wasn't good. We have to do better as a nation. Always progressing FORWARD.
I had family in Topaz. We were able to walk the grounds and see where they lived. It was heartbreaking to see partial tea cups....little pieces of people lives like they said in the video. It was extremely emotional.
Type " Senbazuru " into google - if you look closely at the park ranger you can see they are actually folded paper cranes, which fit into each other to form a chain.
I think those are chains of origami cranes. They symbolize many things in Japanese culture - hope, good luck, prosperity, and in this case, from my internet search about them - Peace and Healing: One of the most common symbols associated with the origami crane is peace. In Japan, the crane is believed to live for a thousand years, and it is said that anyone who folds a thousand origami cranes will be granted a wish, such as long life or recovery from illness. This belief is linked to the story of Sadako Sasaki, a young girl who developed leukemia after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. She folded over a thousand cranes in the hope of recovering her health and promoting peace.
You are *wrong*. If you went to college or a private school, ask for a refund. Over 10,000 were interned, South America also "cleansed" a few thousand by deporting them to camps in the US. Some of these people were interned until 1948. The US also bartered citizens and permanent residents back to Germany and Japan in return for POWs. Please search for the websites produced by Traces, GAIC or read the book ",The Train to Crystal City", or the autobiography by Arthur Jacobs. Crystal City, Texas was the one camp that had both German and Japanese families.
And most of the japanese and japanese american population of Hawaii (where pearl harbor was!!!) were not incarcerated as well!!! It really was an injustice
What this video doesn't mention is that the reason that Japanese Americans were locked up due to a racist army lying to the supreme court and saying Japanese americans were a national security concern. This was later proven thanks to the army's own records, of which all but one copy were destroyed. In addition, the only place to not have internment camps was Hawaii, the site of pearl harbor. There, where japanese Americans were 40% lf the population, they only locked up community community leaders with direct ties to japan, such as non-christian priests, head of the japanese chamber of confrence and Japanese language school principals. In all a total of 2000 people of 15000 people with no issues. edits for grammar (I typed this on my phone)
There are other places in the US where Japanese Americans where not incarcerated during WW2, like New Mexico, where Hiroshi "Hershey" Matsumoto, the Korean War Medal of Honor recipient was born and raised. There, the local authorities left the Japanese American residents alone, despite the presence of sensitive military facilities like Los Alamos and White Sands.
And this will be attempted again under a new Trump administration, for different people for different reasons.
My Dad grew up in San Francisco Ca & lost his childhood friend to one of these camps!!! Never saw the family again. Man & Fear!!?
Our history isn't squeaky clean. But, we should never forget it so we don't repeat the same mistakes. History must be told as it was. Not what we wish it was. I'm looking at you, Repubs. No whitewashing our history to make yourselves feel better. Our history SHOULD be uncomfortable to hear. A lot of it wasn't good. We have to do better as a nation. Always progressing FORWARD.
A big mistake by the government, not the first and not the last, hopefully such things don’t happen again.
My father's family was in Amache and my mother's family was in Tule Lake....
any memories?
Such a shameful period in American history. May their stories never be forgotten.
I had family in Topaz. We were able to walk the grounds and see where they lived. It was heartbreaking to see partial tea cups....little pieces of people lives like they said in the video. It was extremely emotional.
Very moving.
They locked up active duty military members of japanese origin, but not German, Italian or Yugoslavian decent
Because neither Italy nor Germany attacked the US directly... just saying
@@mikeviscusi4260 ummm...they locked up people who were born in America. Justify that.
@@mikeviscusi4260and that matters why?
@@mikeviscusi4260 Let's be honest, race played a part in it.
Over 50% of internees at Fort Missoula were Italian. It wasn't just the Japanese. Germans were also arrested too.
What is the significance of the lei-like things so many are wearing?
Type " Senbazuru " into google - if you look closely at the park ranger you can see they are actually folded paper cranes, which fit into each other to form a chain.
I think those are chains of origami cranes. They symbolize many things in Japanese culture - hope, good luck, prosperity, and in this case, from my internet search about them - Peace and Healing: One of the most common symbols associated with the origami crane is peace. In Japan, the crane is believed to live for a thousand years, and it is said that anyone who folds a thousand origami cranes will be granted a wish, such as long life or recovery from illness. This belief is linked to the story of Sadako Sasaki, a young girl who developed leukemia after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. She folded over a thousand cranes in the hope of recovering her health and promoting peace.
The experiences of the Japanese American internees during WW2 was dramatized by novelist Danielle Steel in her novel "Silent Honor".
Funny how the Germans weren't incarcerated during the war, too.
You are *wrong*. If you went to college or a private school, ask for a refund. Over 10,000 were interned, South America also "cleansed" a few thousand by deporting them to camps in the US. Some of these people were interned until 1948. The US also bartered citizens and permanent residents back to Germany and Japan in return for POWs. Please search for the websites produced by Traces, GAIC or read the book ",The Train to Crystal City", or the autobiography by Arthur Jacobs. Crystal City, Texas was the one camp that had both German and Japanese families.
And most of the japanese and japanese american population of Hawaii (where pearl harbor was!!!) were not incarcerated as well!!!
It really was an injustice
They were, Italians too.
At least you people got reparations!
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Pronounce Hideko wrong Americano it’s he de ko not hideko smh y’all can’t pronounce nihongo correctly at all and never will lol
Tohmaytoh TahMahta kid get over it. For me its just MATOR…
The whole reason why Japanese in the 442nd got "American" names.
@@sertandoom4693 Hope the names didnt include L or R … Rearry…😅😂😜🇺🇸✌🏻🍻