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George Takei for the win! (Original Post) Dem4Life1102 May 2020 OP
too many bcbink May 2020 #1
Those snowflakes should learn their history... FailureToCommunicate May 2020 #2
Hmmmm. The map ends at Dixie. CaptYossarian May 2020 #8
All west of Mississippi River. GERMAN American internment camps were ALL over... FailureToCommunicate May 2020 #12
Because the Germans were white, their conditions and treatment were CaptYossarian May 2020 #14
Manzanar DemoTex May 2020 #3
Because of your post, I looked into Manzanar.... reACTIONary May 2020 #17
Only thing he said wrong was the part about them being "grown adults"... Wounded Bear May 2020 #4
That's a good idea IronLionZion May 2020 #5
Damn. Let'em have it, George! nt crickets May 2020 #6
Entitled little snowflakes today. ffr May 2020 #7
That's what Rebl2 May 2020 #9
They would never have made it through WWII, rations, meatless Wednesdays, no nylons, all sorts of monmouth4 May 2020 #10
The things DENVERPOPS May 2020 #13
Absolutely. What a travesty that that would be for them..LOL. n/t monmouth4 May 2020 #15
he always wins the intertubes! NRaleighLiberal May 2020 #11
k&r Demovictory9 May 2020 #16

CaptYossarian

(6,448 posts)
14. Because the Germans were white, their conditions and treatment were
Sat May 9, 2020, 12:44 PM
May 2020

probably different.

We knew for a few years about Hitler, but waited until Pearl Harbor to start fighting.

Silence equals consent.

reACTIONary

(5,749 posts)
17. Because of your post, I looked into Manzanar....
Sun May 10, 2020, 12:29 AM
May 2020

... on the national park service site I found some historic pictures and this one stood out to me:



I researched the comic book the boy is reading, and found the cover:



Note the racist images on the cover. Here this young boy is in an internment camp during a war, and he has to be subjected to denigrating racist caricatures.

IronLionZion

(45,261 posts)
5. That's a good idea
Sat May 9, 2020, 10:46 AM
May 2020

anyone who doesn't like to stay at home or wear a mask can be forcibly sent to internment camps because of national security and public safety.

The US Constitution existed when this happened to Japanese Americans. And even today, Asian-Americans are facing discrimination and violent hate crimes over COVID-19.

monmouth4

(9,664 posts)
10. They would never have made it through WWII, rations, meatless Wednesdays, no nylons, all sorts of
Sat May 9, 2020, 11:54 AM
May 2020

restrictions. Snowflakes is right.

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