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Japanese internment

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• Originally published 02/17/2017

  The 75th Anniversary of FDR’s Order to Intern Japanese-Americans Is Frighteningly Timely

  Joanne Bernardi

  More than ever, we need to think beyond borders and identities, to reframe the issues at hand in terms of what it means to be human.

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• Originally published 02/16/2017

  On this 75th anniversary of the order to intern Japanese-Americans, many are seeing parallels to the immigration ban

  At the start of World War II, the U.S. opened 10 camps that interned 120,000 people, including the most famous one, Manzanar, in Northern California.

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• Originally published 02/03/2017

  During World War II, the U.S. Saw Italian-Americans as a Threat to Homeland Security

  The executive order that forced Japanese-Americans from their homes also put immigrants from Italy under the watchful eye of the government.

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• Originally published 01/25/2017

  Another National Park Service tweeter has a not-so-subtle message for Donald Trump

  Death Valley National Park’s official Twitter account posted stark reminders of the U.S. internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II.

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• Originally published 11/30/2016

  Historian says it’s a relief to see Trump supporter hammered for suggesting Muslims be registered

  Anne Blankenship says this is the difference from World War 2 when Japanese internment was floated as a proposal.

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• Originally published 11/18/2016

  Are Trump Supporters Seriously Citing the Internment of Japanese Americans as a Model?

  Bonnie Clark

  This ugly part of the past cannot repeat itself on our watch.

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• Originally published 09/26/2016

  The Obvious Lesson We’re Ignoring from Our Internment of the Japanese During World War 2

  Scott McGaugh

  Once again we’re stigmatizing people for no other reason than we’re scared and need a scapegoat.

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• Originally published 06/27/2016

  Yes, Yes to "No-No Boy," the New Play About a World War II Japanese-American Who Faces a Wrenching Decision in an Internment Camp

  Bruce Chadwick

  "No-No Boy," a play by Ken Nagasaki, tells a troubling, scorching story of one Japanese-American’s decision to refuse to join the U.S. Army while he lived in one of the camps.

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• Originally published 03/11/2014

  George Takei Reflects on Travel, Both Painful and Pleasurable

  The actor and Internet star has a sophisticated view of history.

• Originally published 01/10/2005

  Japanese Internment: Why It Was a Good Idea--And the Lessons It Offers Today

  Daniel Pipes

  For years, it has been my position that the threat of radical Islam implies an imperative to focus security measures on Muslims. If searching for rapists, one looks only at the male population. Similarly, if searching for Islamists (adherents of radical Islam), one looks at the Muslim population.And so, I was encouraged by a just-released