Japanese Internment during WW II

[@gswarriors-o9j]

The lesson here is that the constitution can be overridden and we all can be rounded up. This won't be the last time.

[@davidd4696]

@Cameron Krolik Waco?

[@andrewperkovich8184]

Yeah look at jan 6. It almost happened in a very explicit way

[@briane173]

One reason why attention must be paid to who we're appointing to the courts at every level, and what sort of backstops are available in the judicial system to beat back precedents that were wrongly decided. Korematsu and his attorneys found one - Coram Nobis - and we should all be grateful he kept at it until he won it.

[@willevensen7130]

@@andrewperkovich8184 that shit wasn’t going anywhere stfu 😂

[@andrewperkovich8184]

@@willevensen7130 dude did you watch the testimony? All of it? It was by sheer luck our congressmen and women were rounded up and killed.

[@kellyrayburn4093]

I understand that we were at war, but there are rules even in war. These were loyal American citizens. They were horrified at what Japan did at Pearl Harbor; and they were ashamed at the nature of the sneak attack. I'm glad they received $20,000 each later on. At least they received *some* compensation. But I think it should have been more. What the government did during this time was abominable, wrong, and a crime according to the Constitution. I don't care what any Supreme Court says. I know what is right, and this was just plain *WRONG*. So what if other countries were doing the same or worse? If we adopt the ways of the enemy, we become as bad as the enemy. I am and always have been absolutely outraged at the way these people were treated.

[@kristimas13]

According to my grandmother, some refused the money out of the idea that it would be like accepting an inadequate apology. It was a shameful time for the US.

[@AITF045]

I feel like it was very wrong indeed. However, my grandparents, despite being judged simply because of their race, don't hate America for what it did. They simply put the past behind them and moved on.

[@alvinyork9263]

Kristi Horita The japanese are experts at inadequate apologies.

[@kellyrayburn4093]

alvin york So that gives us the right to do the same? These people should have been given no less than $500,000 USD each for compensation of having their civil rights violated. But I guess back then we could punish people for the sins of the father. Fucking hypocrites!!!!!!!!!

[@kellyrayburn4093]

To the commenter who's post was marked as spam, I tried to remove the spam flag but was unable to. That comment said, "But you believe Islam is a religion of peace." From what I read, (in their own Koran) these terrorists are radical Islam. Islam itself doesn't propound violence except in self defense. "Kill the infedel if he is coming to harm you. Else let him be." People read "Kill the infedel" in a vacuum and thereby twist the meaning. Christians do the same thing. They read "Repent and be baptized" and take *that* in a vacuum. You have to read the whole passage and one or two preceding and one or two following passages to get the true meaning.

[@marinaito2545]

My great aunt and her family were interred during WWII. They lost everything. Yet as a child I never heard her once say anything bitter about the country she chose to live in after marrying a nisei. Truly a shameful chapter in US history, and kudos to my aunt for staying strong and positive until her death.

[@heatherwanamaker8000]

God bless her

[@ericnadaoka9038]

I am a Sansei. My family had similar feelings to their internment as did your great aunt. Their love for the United States was very strong.

[@stanallport6746]

contract that experience with all the families that lost sons brothers fathers to the draft and death...your family was very fortunate to be protected from the draft

[@yijiawang1161]

People who do not look at history will certainly repeat it. This was one of the darkest and embarrassed moments of our history.

[@dasteufelhund]

Japan certainly did not heed lessons of history. Darkest embarrassing moment? Hardly. This decision was only logical and a natural course of action/reaction from provocation of war.

[@rorentin]

But why the civilians that were living on the US since they had nothing to do with the war, they weren't directly in the war, they were living.

[@dasteufelhund]

+Kongo-Dess Because Japan, Russia and Germany were known to employ covert tactic. "They had nothing to do with the war"was merely a false/pseudo claim/compassion aimed at public with little to no historical clue.

[@mtutoriales]

@Mike Collins That was the same day if the Pearl Harbor attack, do you know about any events that happened after this? No, right?

[@mtutoriales]

@@dasteufelhund But many of them were American BORN, and some others were 2nd generation...

[@dmsleeker]

I grew up in New Mexico during the 60s and 70s but wasn't taught anything about these camps in school. I learned about them from two Japanese American classmates. Both of their parents were taken to these camps but neither set of their parents held any ill will after they were released. I found that remarkable.

[@nerdface9080]

These were AMERICANS. American citizens. They did it once and they could do it again. Don't underestimate the system.

[@amyc956]

This is an excerpt of a longer video. Can anyone identify the original source? I'd like to find the whole thing.

[@judymlam]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJDJdGahiNqrjKs

[@AxoNugz]

Korematsu and Civil Liberties

[@amazighqueen5334]

Why weren't German Americans and Italians treated like this,

[@uncloudedskyy]

to a degree it was racism, believing the entire Japanese race were untrustworthy and sneaky, where as the Americans believed the Germans and Italians simply were conned by their leaders not as a racial thing

[@hollandmeester2451]

Because Germans and Italians DID NOT attack Pearl Harbour. But do not talk bad about Americans who held the Japanese in camps. 26,000 US-Japanese men entered the US-army. Talk bad about the Japanese who held American-POWs in camps, they were starved, beaten and shot dead.....

[@irishmarshmallow]

Trisha Love In the beginning the president intended to have Germans, Italians, and Japanese peoples living by military zones to be affected by this. It was when he put it in the hands of leaders of the military that it was aimed exclusively at Japanese peoples. The internment was unfortunate, but with this action it made it even worse. This documentary isnt complete with the details and neither is my explanation, but there is a 11 part interview of a japanese american woman who was 18 when she entered the camps. Its not only extremely educational but also insightful. I'd highly suggest it! (:

[@irishmarshmallow]

Dutch Master Technically some were interned due to the order being aimed towards axis powers and not just the Japanese peoples :)

[@amazighqueen5334]

Madison McNulty what's the name?

[@PlantMom1111]

Thank you much for uploading gave me much help on my essay : )

[@DirectorBird]

Commander Roosevelt, the time has come, execute order 9066.

[@ActivelyCursed]

XD

[@JustANervousWreck]

He was part of the New World Order, he was taking commands from the high one. Beware of the anticrisp

[@akawhut]

I didn't even hear abozt this, until I read Marvels Civil War this year. How is this so rarely talked about?

[@GarageLeaguessb]

+akawhut because liberals love their FDR

[@AllPureSkill]

+akawhut how old are you?

[@Marrok48]

+akawhut No one wants to say they fucked up.

[@ModalGroove]

Because socialists/democrats love prison camps

[@buddyb49]

I learned about it in both middle and high school

[@dansysoman3391]

Fear and ignorance is the fuel of racism. We are all people. We all can care for one another no matter our race.

[@samwindmill8264]

It's so beyond tragic that a man who was otherwise, quite possibly, the greatest president of the last century, stooped this low. Whenever I think about this, it makes me feel a profound sense of shame as an American. Don't bother trying to tell this to the people who think any mention of this country's shameful history with regards to race amounts to "critical race theory", and therefore *must* be deemed VERBOTEN! in schools.

[@brianbuckley5219]

He also tried to pack the court in 1938 and thereby sunder the separation of powers and checks and balances, did not initially support anti-lynching legislation even though his wife pushed him to, and did virtually nothing to stop the Holocaust even though it was known what was going on in the camps. Great he wasn't.

[@miguelmendez4807]

"Land of the free" 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@sixsixaa6125]

Never has never will be! When will everyone wake up!

[@hyyypr]

@@sixsixaa6125 people complaining about their country make me laugh. If you don’t want to be here get out brotha. But nope. You still want your iced caramel latte.

[@TheArmadon]

I mean slavery still exists and is allowed in many countries. Clearly the USA isn't perfect but we have paved the way for equality from our beginning. The events in this video were horrific violations of Constitutional rights and We the People must ensure this never happens agian.

[@mikejones4526]

Exactly we did the same shit as the nazis did just without the mass killings wow I seen a doc a long time ago on pbs when I was in my early 30’s and it’s super sad

[@skyeckogaming3354]

@@mikejones4526without mass killings… ever heard of the Native Americans and how we took all of their land and killed millions of them?

[@pinemeadowshobbyfarmafruga8319]

Had an awesome interview with this exceptional survivor of the INTERNMENT CAMPS: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rYiknZmars-Unq8

[@teomankem9171]

Great video, seems to cut off at the end. Does anyone know the name of the full episode/documentary where this came from?

[@AxoNugz]

Korematsu and Civil Liberties

[@hansrutzigen754]

Starting in 1942 the internees could leave the camps, but they could not move back into the Exclusion Zone. During the course of the war some 19,000 Japanese and Japanese American internees moved to Chicago. This fact is well documented but not well known.

[@jonanderson4767]

It is amazing that Americans still manage to sing "land of the free" with a straight face.

[@irwinsteel322]

Jon Anderson I agree with you - I also get a bad feeling when I hear "...for the land of the free..." When the government tells you from birth that you´re living in the greatest country with most freedom of all and this is repeated through you life, then, of course you start believing it. The US government is among the biggest in the world and American citizens are under constant surveillance. But, as long as you don´t cause any trouble and stay in line, you pretty much left alone.

[@jonanderson4767]

Irwin Steel But, what I find really disturbing is that while Europe fought the nazi´s, the US government was actually building these camps for internment of their own countrymen. They were forced out of their neighborhoods and everything they owned was taken away. It is absolutely disgusting. I understand why American citizens are hoarding guns and ammo. Also, do the American children learn about this in schools today, or is this hidden from their history books?

[@peterson7082]

+Jon Anderson It's not per say hidden, but it's never really mentioned. The Trail of tears is taught, the exaggerated Eisenhower death camps are mentioned. It's more so forgotten about. The East coast Japanese Americans typically lived normal lives.

[@joaquinpraveenvishnu8509]

Jon Anderson + and felt unfair when OJ was acquitted.

[@HiredGunGames]

This was done by a Democrat. Educate yourself.

[@calster31]

I'm 50 years old and I only learned of this about a year ago while reading a book about Native American Concentration Camps....or.....Reservations. I went through the whole US school system so why don't I know of these things. Am I ignorant or was I made and kept ignorant by the system? IDK.... Mr. Korematsu said..... ' this is not just for Japanese-American citizens, but for all American citizens". He didn't say "some" or "most". He said "ALL" ! Nobody is immune.

[@alvinyork9263]

Patricia Williams Dear Patrica, The reason you have heard so little about theinternment is that the vast majority of thoes interned were children and these children are the American citizens you hear about. They got birthright citizenship only because they were born here. Most of the adults were aliens, citizens of Japan. When Japan declared war on the US they became enemy aliens , and enemy aliens were interned by all countries at war. Also the numbers of adults were small when one considers that we drafted 16 million.

[@JulianneHannes]

I was lucky my elementary school brought in a Japanese American speaker to talk about his childhood in one of the placement camps.

[@krupp88metal10]

dang, where do you live, California? The liberal school teachers tend to only teach there ideology. We learned about the trail of tears in boy scouts I'm 38.

[@queenquinn8340]

You was probably skipping class

[@jamesbrown5262]

I learned this in school, maybe you should have paid attention

[@swoosh50]

Remember, folks this a democratic PRESIDENT who did this.

[@cMckone93]

+swoosh50 and?

[@swoosh50]

+cMckone93 Democrats are fucking hypocrites

[@jollyjdogcat]

This was 70 years ago, the beliefs of everyone at that time were heavily Democratic and racist. Democratic beliefs may have changed after the 1960s, and after this. I know people who were put into these camps when they were children, they've told me that they're afraid that the same thing might happen to other people of different ethnicities if Trump becomes president. Frankly, I don't think it will but history repeats, people are scared, and when they are scared they look for someone to blame.

[@swoosh50]

+Jordan G (jdogjcat) No that have not changed. Believe me

[@maxvo6226]

I am not defending what FDR did, but judging people's beliefs based on what their ancestors believed is not fair to members of the modern democratic party. The stances of a party can change over time. For example, during the time of the civil war, Abraham Lincoln and the rest of the republican party were VERY liberal, whereas they are now conservative today. Besides, blaming modern democrats for this is irrational, as what Trump wants to do with Islamic peoples and denying Judge Gonzales the supreme court seat because he is Mexican is much closer to what FDR did in the past than what either democratic potential nominee wants to do today.

[@judemac5602]

What is the excerpted from? Would like to see the whole documentary.

[@clairek8699]

+Jude Mac it was eserptid from justin Bieber never say never full documentary/biography video on disc

[@thomashorter]

11,000 germans and 2,000 Italians were put in camps as well. Not saying any of it is right or just... just doing a fact check. They were of course much more harsh on the Japanese... but to say they didn't do it to Germans and Italians is a bit misleading...

[@mrnaugles1930]

There were so many people in the United States who were of German descent, yet Japanese people seem to have been singled out because they were different from the majority of people in the United States. The treatment of Japanese people in Canada was even worse, where their property was seized and then sold at auction to pay the costs of running the Canadian internment camps. Reagan was right to offer the Japanese Internment families remuneration. The Manzanar museum is so important in the way it documents and educates to help people understand the importance of actively maintaining our democracy and collectively standing up for people who are treated unjustly.

[@mrnaugles1930]

To the person that sent this claim, I respectfully disagree. Here is the claim they sent: That is not true. There were thousands of traitors in those camps. Look at the cover photo on the book "WWII JAPANESE RELOCATION CAMPS & THE WRA: A PRUDENT, EMERGENCY, WAR-TIME MEASURE." There were nationalist Japanese groups in the camps who refused to renounce loyalty to the emperor, and had already stated that they would commit sabotage. Thousands of them requested repatriation back to Japan and some were sent back even during the war on the MS Gripsholm.? I respectfully disagree because the exhibit at Manzanar helped me understand that the Japanese American Interns had been treated very unjustly by our government when our government stripped them of all their possessions and imprisoned them without any trial, without any due process. Your statement that "thousands refused to renounce loyalty to the Japanese Emperor" and "stated they would commit sabotage" is incorrect. The exhibit at Manzanar does a nice job of helping visitors understand the choices and documents presented to the interned Japanese prisoners. I can understand those prisoners' quandry and I seriously doubt that they presented any real risk to our country. Are you saying there were "thousands" of Japanese traitors and there were zero German traitors? Where are the equivalent internment camps for Germans in the United States? There are none to be found, because our government's internment of US Citizens who happened to be Japanese, the internment of Japanese was racist and the lack of camps for internment of Germans proves the internment was racist.

[@TSMK900]

This is what the US supreme court judge said regarding whether or not if the Muslims could be detained like this: "You are kidding yourself if you think the same thing will not happen again," "In times of war, the laws fall silent." - Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia told University of Hawaii law students earlier this month. Source: america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/2/18/japanese-americaninternmentremembrancemuslimpatriottsa.html When the 50's-60's came. People were fearful of the "communists" and accused others of being communists. In this day and age, "communist" has been replaced with "Islamist", "terrorist", "fundamentalist", "radical" etc. We have fallen for the same traps again and again and we will do so again especially with the muslims.

[@delonalana4743]

Thank you for upload this. The original source is "Korematsu and Civil Liberties."

[@patrickbyers5144]

Thank you for this! Wish he would add this to description... This video is really well made.

[@patrickbyers5144]

www.annenbergclassroom.org/page/korematsu-civil-liberties That is the full video.

[@zzereal]

I'm writing a research paper over the Japanese Internment for my history class and am using this video as a source...Do you perhaps have or remember the name of the documentary...? Thank you!

[@Robert-eg2oy]

The 130,000 Japanese living in Hawaii at the time were never interred, why ?

[@Zephlos]

"German-Americans and Italian-Americans was never interned." Umm over 17,000 Americans of German AND Italian decent were "relocated" While the person you corrected IS incorrect as well. You should look into your facts before you start shouting "racist" at people.

[@LankTheThird]

Zephlos Kal'Shanor that’s all people do these days, most don’t even realize that Japan did do Pearl Harbor

[@knightforce83]

I do agree with you... However I do not agree that should have relocated the Japanese Americans. In my opinion they should have kept them at there homes because a lot of them were not making threats they were just trying to live there daily lives in piece. Hope you understand my side of the disagreement. 🙃

[@ksmith5325]

In Los Angeles. Japanese Americans lived in San Pedro and Palos Verdes literally overlooking the Long Beach Naval Base. This was deemed too dangerous. Also the US basically stole Japanese from Central and Sound America

[@tig3rs3y3queer]

i want to use this as a source for my paper but there is no citations, does anyone know what this video is called? i need the director and release date

[@nicholefish4758]

has anyone found the full length video where this clip came from?

[@irishmarshmallow]

If anyone has any questions about Executive Order 9066 feel free to ask me! :)

[@dasteufelhund]

If you'd be so kind, I'd like to burn up some of your time on Executive Order 9066.

[@irishmarshmallow]

dasteufelhund yeah, whats up?

[@LaRhondaB-hw5yl]

What do it mean? What’s the benefit of it? Will they use it again in the future but change it to another race?

[@irishmarshmallow]

@@LaRhondaB-hw5yl I have this up for anyone that has any further questions about the internment of the Japanese aka 9066. The probability of something like this happening again is very slight, however a variation of it is arising where people belonging to the same group are being legally detained because they are deemed a danger to the United States society- controversially anyone deemed an illegal citizen by ICE. This could definitely happen again, just as a different form not so obviously inhumane as a concentration camp.

[@LaRhondaB-hw5yl]

Let Them Eat Cake may I ask your opinion about something called fema camps? I’ve been hearing about them but don’t know how true they are...

[@Randomjackpot]

What was done to these American citizens, depriving them of due process, stripping them of their posessions and throwing them into camps is absolutely abhorrent. FDR is the most despicable president ever for this atrocious act.

[@legoismalife]

Really god vid. Help with my project a bit, but where did this come from? Send me the link or give me MLA format citation so I can put this to good use.

[@dreamerbest515]

what was the motivation factor for creating the video documenty

[@59Gretsch]

There is no point in american history which is so void of facts which promted the move of Japanese out of the military zones on the Westcoast. When I read the book "case for internment" it was so eye opening, it made me finally realize, there is an actual effort to tear down the country through the use of one sided history...... and it is all critical. Most people have no idea our Govt had wire taps in the Japanese embasy and they had absolute proof they had recruited many Japanese to undermine our ports and installation. We had tens of thousands of Japanese who were not citizens, tens of thousands of Japanese which belonged to extreme Japanese societies within the country which swore an oath to their God Emperor. When Pearl harbor was bombed, who guided the planes? Japanese, when planes went down, who aided the pilots to escape? Random Japanese on a neighboring Island. Much more complicated than we were taught.

[@NoJokes11B]

Another embarrassment is the lack of attention the 442nd RCT receives. Men volunteered from these camps to go fight in Europe to prove their loyalty. They became the most decorated combat unit (of its size) in US military history!

[@youtuber5305]

The "single-bullet theory" was proposed by the Warren Commission which was headed by a man who would have thought that it was logical to believe that a person without a police record would be more likely to commit a crime in the future than a person with a police record. Concerning the incarceration of Japanese-Americans during World War II, according to the Wikipedia article on Earl Warren: - Warren further argued that the complete lack of disloyal acts among Japanese Americans in California to date indicated that they intended to commit such acts in the future.

[@archiesantosdiaz]

so what's the point with your info?

[@TheAzaura]

What is the name of the documentary this comes from?

[@corwinbrooks1144]

Anyone know where this video comes from? I want to use it for an essay but I can't find any details to help me source it.

[@WhoElseWillIHaveIceCreamWith]

Does anyone know the name of the full episode/documentary where this came from?

[@retafmil]

According to Wikipedia, "During WWII, Japanese-Americans and Japanese-Canadians were interned in camps." But not deported, apparently.

[@darktruth2358]

FDR "guided the country through the Great Depression"... or enacted policies that grossly prolonged it?

[@Normacly]

The 442nd Regimental Combat Team of the United States Army was a regimental size fighting unit composed almost entirely of American soldiers of Japanese descent who fought in World War II, despite the fact many of their families were subject to internment. The 442nd is considered to be the most decorated infantry regiment in the history of the United States Army. The 442nd was awarded eight Presidential Unit Citations and twenty-one members were awarded the Medal of Honor for World War II.

[@happyelle87]

This might be happening to any group of people in the USA today. This video gives me chills. I am upset for the people who had to go through this. It scares me how the the president and the supreme court can be above the law and abuse their power during time of war. This case reminds me of the NSA surveilance which Snowden revealed that it acted above the constitution.

[@christinecarver8933]

Hello there! Thanks for posting this video. I used this for a presentation in class because it was so informative. However, I was wondering if you knew where you got the video or if you had more information about it so that I could cite where the video came from for the paper that I have to write. Thanks a bunch!

[@davecuster1746]

Christine Carver sorry you got an F on your paper can't believe everything you see on line

[@kevinanderson1325]

I wish people actually knew more about this period of our history. How do you prove a negative? You see there were Japanese that were absolutely without a doubt disloyal. Not anything like the majority of Japanese living in this country were disloyal, but there were some. In fact the most disloyal were placed in Tule Lake interment camp. Nevertheless, some disloyal Japanese in internment camps persecuted other Japanese for not being loyal to Japan. An EXTREMELY messy and difficult situation. I have several books full of decrypted communications from the west coast. There really were spies. I know you don't hear about these things in our tidied up history books, but they were there. Yes there were disloyal Japanese, Very few, but how many would it have taken to do tremendous damage. Then again, how would loyal Japanese be protected? War is a horrible, dreadful thing. I am a bit of a WWII historian, and I just can't believe the horror and brutality of what went on! Madness, absolute madness! As bad as the internment was, it can't hold a candle to what was going on in other places at that time!

[@jamesbrown5262]

This woman is wrong Italians and Germans were also placed internment camps, just not as large of a scale.

[@nicolehessling1]

This happened to my neighbors family. What a disgrace. Its awful. Could you imagine? You are being imprisoned for being born a certain nationality. There should have been compensation at the very least. This should have never happened.

[@Aryan_Nation]

Pearl Harbor should’ve never happened! I guess you forgot about that!

[@heatherwanamaker8000]

I agree.

[@nicolehessling1]

@@Aryan_Nation the Japanese citizens already living here had nothing to do with Pearl Harbor.

[@tiffanielandolt2521]

Where is this excerpt from? Tv show/movie?

[@Robert-eg2oy]

The 130,000 Japanese living in Hawaii at the time were never interred, why ?

[@vjm3]

Thank you Mike Shinoda for exposing this otherwise obscure blemish of American history for my eyes to see. I was born in 1985 and through all of my schooling I've never once heard a word about this sort of thing happening. Absolutely embarrassing.

[@octiffanylee1]

vjm3 I was born 1996, and I learned about this pretty thoroughly in school. Maybe they just added it recently in California.

[@P2Reflectschannel-hh2zl]

I attended public schools in the 1970s and 1980s in a typical conservative suburb. I learned all about this, including an entire chapter in my "standard issue" 6th grade Social Studies textbook. Your claim is bizarre.

[@jollyjdogcat]

My great aunts were taken from their homes when they were between the ages of 3 and 11 to be put in camps in Arizona.

[@AkoSiJhioh]

I'm not even Japanese, but this makes me very angry.

[@sissydaisy2011]

Japanese Americans DID volunteer to go into the military. Before the internment and after Pearl Harbor, the US Army wouldn't allow them to just walk in and sign up because of all of the hysteria and fear going around. However, in 1942 the US military accepted men into many branches, all of them volunteers, and most of them fought in Europe against Hitler and Mossolini. Others joined the Red Cross. There's no doubt that they would have fought against Japan but they were never given the chance.

[@shrabanidutta8180]

whos the director of this film

[@Falcon_ek]

This is aweful, and how could they keep this from us? I have never heard about it in middle school or high school. It's not until I went to college that I learned about MANY things that were unknown to us, and that is because I took classes on America history and ethnic studies...

[@JulianneHannes]

What state are you in, it was in my school ciriculum (briefly, but it was there)

[@martyrmessiah3903]

American HisStory and ethnic studies is based on masonic-authored-up, fraudulent documents as deception.

[@wolfmother8719]

Can anyone tell me the name of this documentary?

[@EKowallis]

Voluntary departure? Every time the government has taken away Constitutional rights but saying it's for the good of the people has ended in disgust and shame. When will we learn?

[@ARIANATORREZ666]

PROUD TO BE JAPANESE AND HALF GERMAN!

[@daverjax]

I'd Pray EVERY AMERICAN Sees THIS and Remind Themselves. THIS ATTROCITY WAS DONE BY THE SELF SAME PARTY THAT HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT SENDING "DEPLOREABLES" TO "RE EDUCATION CENTERS" THose WHO FORGET the Mistakes of the PAST, Are FOREVER DOOMED to Repeat them.

[@raymondalverez5999]

Maybe politicians can also survive in camps similar to their co-Americans. This time so far we are not at war.

[@picksixtodahouse]

This is why the second amendment is so important. Without it, all of your other right go out the window

[@irishmarshmallow]

picksixtodahouse is your name pixie sticks because thats a cool name if it is my eyesight is very poor rn but that would be super cool

[@amyj.4992]

All this shit, happening during Black history month bro.... White America really hate tf, out of anyone that didn't look like them...my condolences to the Japanese descendants that went through these atrocities for so long...a year in a half is a long ass time to experience this racist abuse as American born or not... To denounce their own, race for American comfort... Segregation was coming for everyone. I'm sorry but $20,000 is nowhere near enough for the things Japanese American citizens had to immediately sacrifice before their unfair captivity....

[@williamwalberto]

We talked about this in class I'm American and this was horrible

[@山下清-n9z]

This is America.

[@joey8062]

I live in this country and I agree.

[@skyedoesstuff8849]

there is a good and bad part of every country...

[@willgeary6086]

Joe Geary also the Idiot guard who shot the man in the stomach did not do so on orders but his stupidity.

[@iamsick5204]

Still infinity better than a Japanese camp

[@Alpha_beef]

Childish Gambino?

[@SexiiChickaMamasita]

Did you ever find out the source(s)? I'm doing my history IA and I want to use this

[@sz42781]

Thanks hirohito

[@nermahk]

had to watch this for history class

[@Robert-eg2oy]

Why weren’t the Japanese in Hawaii interred ?

[@raphaelfritzler7799]

Remember this everyone, when another war comes about. May all beings be happy and free. 🙏

[@ThunderBreaker23]

I do agree that FDR was very wrong for passing order 9066 but he was not the most despicable president ever, he did help america come out of the Great depression which other president couldn't do.

[@lesatseaside]

And some gullible people laugh when concerns are expressed about FEMA camps being set up for future events such as this...

[@davecuster1746]

lesatseaside CONSONTRAION camps yes

[@frankmensing4348]

Although sad, this is kind of inevitable in war. Sure, they could have been treated better. Still, you have to remember that regardless of racism, having hundreds of thousands of people of Japanese descent free in your country, while you are at war with Japan, is a huge risk.

[@Quinntus79]

I see your point, but if that's the case Americans don't really have a right to due process but rather privileges that the government can do away with at anytime using war as an excuse. These were American citizens that the US government imprisoned without charging them with a crime or giving them a trial.

[@Mariofan2479]

@Quinntus79 Did you not see the documentary? The Supreme Court Ruled in favor of the US. That in time of War, it is in the protection of citizens that they can discriminate in the way they did. It is racist, but idk if it has been changed

[@thegrandwazooofheliopolis4344]

Ohio Girl yeah but the Germans didn't attack Pearl Harbor and invade the Aleutian Islands. Not that I agree with FDR, on really anything, and this was absolutely despicable, no one is defending racism here. Can we drop the race shit already?

[@thegrandwazooofheliopolis4344]

Ohio Girl I'm not denying it! FDR was a democrat. Blame them. We just weren't in direct war until the Japanese drew us in. Hell, we didn't even know as a society what was going on in Germany to the degree and severity of what was really taking place. We were ambushed by the Japanese. Huge difference. Again, as stated, I don't agree with FDR's decision. Was it racially driven, yes. For a good reason. . . .debatable. But don't call me dumb when you seem to support the same party and ideologies that allowed this to happen in the first place. Typically liberal. Call people names. I suppose you have ignorant, racist, misogynist, and xenophobic on deck too, huh? I'll suggest a book: "The Gathering Storm." Read it. It's and excellent account of history leading up to and during WW2. Good day to you.

[@thegrandwazooofheliopolis4344]

Ohio Girl ha. The democratic party is no different today. If anything, it's worse than it was back then. And yes, racism is all in our heads.

[@RuneMasterKnight]

this is not the first time America made concentration camps after the Spanish American war in the Philippine America put Filipinos in camps. also why did the gov. did not do this to German or Italian Americans?

[@pouroddacloudcloud9544]

True but they did put restrictions on Italians, like it was illegal for them to own specific radios with specific frequencies

[@djones9122]

+Pouroddacloud Cloud all you critics unless you lived in that time shut up stupid

[@pouroddacloudcloud9544]

Donna Jones if I lived in the period I would be in an intermemt camp

[@user-gu1hl2kx2k]

+RuneMasterKnight Italians can dont have to change their look to blend in

[@irishmarshmallow]

RuneMasterKnight I've been seeing this question pop up a lot, and instead of using slurs like some of my peers on here im gonna give you my knowledge in hopes that you better from it. Executive Order 9066 did not exclusively state just Japanese Americans, but engulfed German Americans and Italian Americans as well. When handed down to the heads of military at the time, however, they decided that the Japanese were the main concern in this situation and made it almost apply exclusively to them. There is record of internment of German/Italian Americans, but it was very insignificant. The only spies found for the axis powers happened to be German/Italian Americans as well, which sparks debate over the topic of their internment as well. There were no Japanese peoples convicted of treason during the war. :) I hope that helped!

[@alvinyork9263]

I will attempt to answer your questions. There was not threat of invasion on our east coast as the german surface navy had already been destroyed by the Brits before the U.S. entered the war. All the german navy had left were submarines. You need aircraft carriers, transports, battleships etc. they had none That is one reason ,I can give you several more if you would like.

[@TheGreatAlannnnnn]

Do you think that Japanese in Japan know about this?

[@animebro14]

i wonder if they also know about how americans treated black people.

[@Gryffindor_-gv3jm]

I wonder if they know what the Japanese did to Korea and China

[@gilnahnu]

This is such a horrible time ☹️ Poor people

[@MarkTitus420]

What Japan did to the US was horrible but the humiliation and dehumanization of internment camps was shameful to these Japanese Americans and was a wrong thing for Roosevelt to do. What should have been done is force all Japanese men of military age into our fighting forces to help annihilate of their fellow countrymen who tried to wipe us out [some may have actually would have been glad to do it].

[@matthewmccaig3037]

Many thanks for putting this up - now more then ever is it important to remember the effects that widespread irrationality and racism can have on our fellow people and fellow american citizens. Oh and quick note - if you're going to comment, pleeeease use correct spelling haha can't stand when someone takes a stance and incorrectly spells something..all the credibility goes out the door..just saying. Oh and - yes - i'm sure I spelled something wrong in this so feel free to call my a hypocrite. I'm sure I deserve it - Much love

[@marcushunter5824]

+Matthew McCaig Nobody was placed into internment camps because of "Racism", you knob. Japan attacked us at Pearl Harbor, killing thousands of innocent Americans and declared war on us. Then killed thousands more during the course of the war. Italians and Germans, ie white people, were put into internement camps as well. Was that "racism"?

[@marcushunter5824]

+Matthew McCaig These people were interned as a national security measure. A concept that comes from thousands of years worth of knowledge about what happens during times of war. Not "cuz racism". It was for the safety of not only other Americans, but the Japanese themselves. People do crazy things out of anger, and fear, especially during war. After the war was over these people were compensated, you should actually research it instead of allowing yourself to be race-baited and made to despise America...We've already been through this bleeding heart guilt fest (for having the gall to protect ourselves after being attacked and a war waged against us) and reparations amounting to at least 1.2 BILLION dollars were paid out to Japanese in the US. Nobody talks about that, either. But let's keep stoking the racial issues in this country using selected bits and pieces of American history. Why not... Whites haven't been completely dispossessed of their own country, yet. PS - Did I spell well enough for you?

[@matthewmccaig3037]

+Marcus Hunter ahahahah this made my day - I forgot I commented on this. Also "knob" is a wonderful word and we dont use it enough - hats off to you, seriously not being sarcastic lol

[@cleekmaker00]

OMG... wrong person! My sincere apologies to you; my comment wasn't directed to you, but to Mark Pontius.

[@chilko8244]

I'm just watching this for my NHD project

[@maria610421]

Truth is stranger than fiction, in these times

[@dadafan5921]

The 442nd Regimental Combat Team of the United States Army was the stellar end of a bell shaped curve that had at its other end spies, traitors, saboteurs. What was done to the innocents was horrible, tragic, and to me, heartbreaking. FDR did what he felt he had to do. We nearly lost the war that December morning. Later, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto said he did not know why he withheld the third wave of attack. My point is this: removing the subversive that might have even indirectly further harmed our side was an imperative. Except for the freak development of atomic weapons our country faced the loss of millions to conclusively win the war. Against that loss (which I'm certain FDR knew he faced) the internment was necessary. The sabotage of one aircraft carrier would have meant how many lives lost? 120,000 dead rather than interred? I don't know...

[@archiesantosdiaz]

no rational reason for this dada fan. if this happened to you and your family, would you call it imperative? and you know you're an american? this can not be justified.

[@aaarong4870]

why would they do that just because there was a lot of them and i guess they didn't think that the Italian Americans or German Americans there was not enough people to be a thret

[@1kinut800]

Set a precedence, which now can be used still.

[@staceystrukel1917]

1 FKT that was not the first fucking time! Read a history book.

[@1uheepwizard]

looks like weed growing at 6:54

[@telefunkenyou47]

The 442nd infantry regiment also receives little mention and goes hand in hand with the internment. Without the 442nd we may very well be speaking German.

[@lucyk2371]

Unfortunately hindsight is 20/20. This happened after Pearl Harbor. They had intel that there were extensive communications between japanese/american citizens and the japanese empire which allowed them to do this. They did not know how to stop this communication any other way. I hate that this happened and it was wrong. I just dont think they knew of any other way of coping. Has anyone seen the movie "Empire of the Sun"? The U.S. was not the only country ro do this. At least they were treated some better than other countries and given some compensation. Im not saying it was the right thing to do. Im just saying that they were living in a different world than we are. I don't believe that they had the manpower to divert from the war to monitor all communications. They were wrong certainly but in times of war it's a tough call.

[@robertortiz-wilson1588]

This has incorrect information. Other ethnic groups were targeted based on their alien nationalities, including citizen and noncitizen Germans and Italians. What was unique about the Japanese is that they were a particular concentrated minority, mostly in the west, and in Hawaii that got targeted altogether.

[@Mhats]

7:03 take notes people if you don't like something be smart about it, solve it. or you can act like you care and riot and destroy your own city

[@ashdobbs7492]

my grandparents had Japanese neighbors in the early 40's. when they were sent away for safekeeping they asked my grandparents to watch their house and possessions. after a couple of weeks they didn't come back so grandpa claimed their property. we still have many things that proudly we still have. there is a chest with cutlery and dishes and many tapestries and pearl inlaid mirror with comb and makeup kit among other things. my brother and I recently threw away the photo albums and other insignificant things but a lot of it is in good condition still. I was wondering how much it may be worth, may be more because of its historical value

[@tinkerbellaella6464]

Wtf. Your grandparents stole their property.

[@zachthorp6131]

The more misery involved in the loss, the higher value you get. Throwing those pictures away is like throwing away the certificate of authenticity for an expensive antique. Try tracking down the family descendants and see if they'd help you out with more pictures so you can get a better price for their stuff.

[@ashdobbs7492]

@@zachthorp6131 that would be too much trouble its not worth that much it turns out. hardly worth storing all this crap for so long

[@Chairman-Xena]

Im not trying to justify what fdr or the us government did but they did pay reparations to the majority of internees

[@Macker571]

What movie is this from?

[@joshbrisco2097]

Is anyone perhaps able to cite this?

[@unFayemous]

I am so disgusted by this right now...

[@Gryffindor_-gv3jm]

unFayemous dude we were scared of them! After Pearl Harbor, their was Japanese spies in California, it was kinda right because it was a time of war! And look what their ancestors did in Asia.

[@minnowpd]

Japanese Americans in Hawaii were exempt. Their labor was needed .

[@zabercrombie24]

Will are country ever learn from its mistakes?

[@sanjanyamwega2733]

Indeed the Americans shows how the game of threat was.

[@TheRealAdamP]

Today we still have younger people who use the term "Jap" because they think its cool slang.

[@brayden2920]

Yeah. I’m Japanese and my 2nd uncle was in the concentration camps and I have been called a “jap” and “chink” by people in school and have heard racist comment towards me since I was in elementary school and I’m a junior rn

[@catalinadog157]

I think people use it because people don't realize the true meaning of it, they think it's short for Japanese

[@alvinyork9263]

You are right deenz, There are many books written by Japanese that acknowledge large japanese espionage rings in the U.S.. Ezio Horie a japanese officer on the imperial general staff said that the internment and relocation effectivly destroyed their espionage capabilities in the U.S. Research black dragon society in california

[@Biddybalboa]

They don't teach this shit at school.

[@lilgohan]

yes they do wtf

[@Biddybalboa]

not when i was there

[@lilgohan]

Biddybalboa you went to a shit school. I learned about this in 8th and then again in 11th grade, and then again in college.

[@Biddybalboa]

I probably did but there is a lot of the worlds history American curriculum doesn't cover it focuses mostly on its own.

[@lilgohan]

Biddybalboa But this happened _in America,_ so I don't understand that point.