Japanese American Internment Camps -History 12

[alex503hi]

sad



[miyagawashi]

to 71021015

how did you get the sources that japanese raped korea girls??is that right sources??can you prove it?if you tell us about that without evidence.you have no right to talk about that.

[oKRYOGENICzx]

@miyagawashi it did happen though... Rape of Nanjing

[oKRYOGENICzx]

@miyagawashi thats china though, so it probably happened in korea too

[buttaaamilkXbiiiscut]

@miyagawashi not that i'm helping 71021015, but it's true that Japanese Soldiers from the empire of Japan did rape Korean woman. the woman that are still alive protest on certain days in Korea wanting the Japanese government to recognize the wrong they did i believe.

[miyagawashi]

i am really sure that there still are a lot of racist in america. all i can say is just fuckin moron racist american is still are in america. therefore japan never forget about japanese internment camps in WW2. and i m not acceptable that US fuckin Army comes to Futenma in japan. We japanesecan save ourself form any threat. first of all, President Obama have to pay a visit to Hiroshima .

i am a japanese who was born and raised in japan by the way.

[am220uss]

From AM220 Uss: What I post is historical fact yet some call it racist . By now most adults are aware that some people will always try to play the race card even when it does not apply. They think they can win any arguement with this ploy. You children can be forgiven but adults should be ashamed. Learn your history and think it through. The internment and relocation was ruled by the supreme court

to be a war time necessity,and allowed by international law in part for their protection .

[paulhheiland1]

How can people in this day and age continue to be so racist? It was plain prejudice that Japanese-Americans (and Japanese living in the states) were interned during WWII. They had nothing to do with it. All should accept it and stop posting hateful, racist comments.

[am220uss]

@paulhheiland1 - 1st- race had nothing to do with it . Who was interned and who was not was based on country of orign. Chinese were not interned and they are of the same race as the Japanese, Germans were interned . Order 9066 says nothing about race. Any citizen of a country that declares war on the U.S.( or any country ) becomes a enemy alien and is allowed to be interned . This was in the Geneva convention which required their protection 46,000 of thoes interned were japanese citizens

[tterraggarrett]

land of the free......

[cjlisa153]

I think you did a great job. This past year I was at the Tule Lake Interment Camp (or what was left of it) in Oregon. This was the same paranoia as not allowing gays or Indians or Blacks to become viable soldiers Germans were also ostracized - their houses searched and after the war - they still suffered discrimination. Many of the Japanese that were interred were born in the US. It;s like today where Muslims are now viewed with suspicion.

[winstonscollard]

Wow what an idiot, so lets follow this train of logic. All Italian Americans should be treated as fascists for Mussolini. All Irish Americans are terrorists because of the IRA. Of course all German Americans are Nazis. The key world is American, 70 percent of the people in these camps were American citizens. History should be remembered so AMERICAN citizens don't have to go through this again.

[71021015]

To Japanese~

that is you guys fault! Japanese made the world war 2.

don't beg sympathy here anymore. never pitiful.

too many innocent people was dead by japan!

don't you feel any sorry to the world?

if you feel it, don't distort true history by textbook..and say true history like Germeny. that is for making a good relationship with neighbor country..

Japan's gorverment sent Korean young girls(12~39 years old)to japanese soldiers for rape. they had to been raped more than 10 times every day

[buttaaamilkXbiiiscut]

@71021015 you're blaming the Japanese AMERICANS? just because their ethnicity is Japanese doesn't mean they took part of the attack on Pearl Harbor. i hate how people ALWAYS have to bring up what soldiers from Japan did to Korean woman,yes that was horrible but this video is about Manzanar, what the Japanese-Americans went thru, what my fucking family went thru so don't say shit like they deserved to have their life taken away. you don't know anything.

[sabrom]

this is your so called fema today with concentration camps and martial law... history has a way repeating itself and the nuclear bomb coming from china, iran, and russia.

[bnwug]

AMERICA IS THE GREATEST, JAPANESE PEOPLE DESERVED IT

i'm just paraphrasing am220uss

[1982circaguy]

@bnwug Japanese Americans had nothing to do with the Empire of Japan in the East Asia Pacific you moron!

[bnwug]

@1982circaguy thanks for calling me a moron! btw i believe in satire

[voodooladilynch]

i love japanese people i love there work and i love chinease people to! asians :D koreans... etc.. so on there work has help americans become sucessfull in life! till this day i thank them all XD

[inapoi]

@voodooladilynch

fully agree with you !

[am220uss]

Raids in the bay area ,Gilory Calif. Kakuichi Morita was caught with 3

contraband radio transmitters, Morita was president of a Japanese society that collected large sums of money and turned it over to japanese consulate. ( from SanFrancisco News April 17 1942)

Do some research and you will find the

internment was necessary to prevent

espionage and save the lives of america's

fighting men and our war effort from the damage espionage could do.

[elainecrowley5]

I was just wondering where you sourced the image at 1.43? I would really appreciate it if you could let me know where you found it as I am working for a production company in Ireland called Loopline Film and we are currently producing a documentary about a Japanese American animator called Jimmy Murakami who was interned in Tule Lake during World War II. He has recently completed a collection of paintings which depict his life in camp and one of his paintings is similar to that image. Thanks :)

[ve513]

hey there,

sorry for my late response,

but the image at 1:43 is from a book about japanese-american internment camps.

i dont exactly remember the title, but i know its on a cover of a history book.

goodluck with your film!

[SolarBanana]

do you know what the song was called?

btw really nice video, it almost made my friend start crying

[ve513]

the song is kenji by fort minor.

thanks for your support for this video!

[am220uss]

This was pushed through by senator a

japanese senator from hawaii at the height of political correctness. The entire

staff was japanese and they all were going to get. $ 20,000. Those opposed

were not allowed to testify and magic info was not considered, another japanese

senator from calif. called it "a raid on the U.S. treasury"

[am220uss]

The Japanese senator who pushed this thru and got 20,000 $ each for thoes who were in the camps ,even those born there, was sen. Inouye a japanese american from hawaii where most of the money went. Senator S.I. Hayakawa a Japanese American from Calif called it a

shameless raid on the U.S. treasury. The U.S. apology was pushed thru at the height of political correctness with threats

of racism charges against those who were against it.

[am220uss]

Just more of the same old sad faced pictures with little or no historical fact.

Almost all of the adults interned were

enemy aliens (citizens of a country that

had declared war on the U.S.) Enemy aliens were interned by all countries

at war, Mexico, England , Canada, Barzil

and Japan all did the same. The children were taken to avoid breaking up families and leaving them without a means of support these are the U.S. citizens they talk about. Do not let them pin a guilt trip on you.

[am220uss]

If I post something about the horrible behavior of the Japanese army the defenders of Japanese Americans are quick to point out that Japanese americans were not responsible for what the Imperial Japanese Army did. Could you tell what the pictures of the atomic bombs etc. have to do with the internment and relocation. Japan was our

enemy and working on a atomic bomb also. What do you think they were going to do with their bomb, kill whales with it.

[ve513]

okay,

i dont know what your problem is,

but this was just my history 12 project...

i don't take a stance on where the americans or japanese stood in the past or the present. what happened in the past has impacted everyone.

and the pictures of the atomic bomb it interconnected to the internment camps because i'm reflecting on this time period when it all happened. if that doesn't make sense to you, you're fucking retarded and i don't appreciate you coming to diss my video.

[am220uss]

ve513- This site clearly invites comments and it does not state that all comments must be positive. What is the matter with you ? You posted this video. If you can't take it, withdraw the video.

[ve513]

@am220uss

i understand that the site clearly invites comments, but however, i feel that your comments have nothing to do with my video. if you wanna talk about history and shit, go somewhere else. i dont give a shit if you wanna bash my video and say its poorly made, go ahead.

your comments seem to promote racism, and that is something i do not welcome. i have said nothing about the poor behaviour of japanese or americans in general in the video, if so, tell me where.

[am220uss]

@ve513 - my comments are historical fact. Where do they promote racism?

Racism is the last refuge of a lost arguement. your history project would rate an F

in my class. Many of the camps were already closed by the time of the atomic bomb.

and they are in no way related. I would think that a history project should be historically accurate. You are just a no nothing child . what makes you think this video is worth posting on youtube it is trash.

[ve513]

@am220uss

i think you are promoting racism because of the attitude you have towards the japanese. but if you do not think that, then that is your own point of view, and i no longer have the desire to argue with you.

and i dont know why you dont get that the video is NOT MY POINT OF VIEW of what happened. if you search the song "kenji" by fort minor, you will find the lyrics to it and as for the pictures, i simply just searched in "japanese internment camps"

[am220uss]

@ve513 - You have admitted that your video is a screwed up mess

without music. Why not withdraw it ???

[ve513]

@am220uss

also, please don't call me a "no nothing child", whatever that means, you do not know me and i don't know you, so don't judge me because of a simple video i made in highschool.

and what is so historically incorrect about the video?? it's about people the memory of japanese americans being put into internment camps...

no promotion of anti-american, pro-japanese...

[ve513]

@am220uss

one more thing,

if you think that my video is not worth posting on youtube and that i should have received an F...why don't you go argue with everyone else who has made a video like mine to the same song after i made mine? so far, i can see a fuck load of them, and you should just go to them.

i am tired of you.

[ve513]

@am220uss

if i made a video like this about the holocaust, would you say im historically incorrect and anti-german?

the answer is no.

we must learn from our mistakes as human beings, and there is no harm in remembering the past.

[LiamOAwsome]

@ve513 please say you are not really a teacher! I would not allow my children to be in your class, Talk about your accuracy, how about grammar and spelling accuracy!

[SuicideSeattle]

Actually most were US citizens and were found by the Head of the State to be loyal to the US and that goes for 99 percent of them. The US did it out of fear and racism and they admitted to that in news papers and in a court of law and the bill the head of state signed to give reps of over a billion and a half dollars to the families who were unjustly locked up and said sorry to them all.

[am220uss]

I agree , most of those relocated were

not spies or supporters of Japan but

that kind of thinking would leave tens of thousands loyal to Japan to roam freely on our west coast. Since there was no way to separate them how was the U.S.

to handle this. Give me a workable alternative . historical fact that 20,000

of those interned applied to be sent back to Japan.Tens of thousands belonged to

secret Japanese only societies like the Black Dragon Society and were sworn to do the emperors will.

[ve513]

i still don't get what you're trying to say here...after like 6 months of continuous commenting on this.

like..are you saying we shouldn't feel bad for the japanese-americans who were interned?

or that americans already did what they could to reprimand them?

...its not like im telling everyone that the americans are evil because they did this...

so...whats your point again?

[am220uss]

ve513- I am saying that it was necessary

to protect the lives of hundreds of thousands of men leaving our West coast ports cramed into slow troop ships. I was on one of those troop ships. The japanese community did not assist in rooting out the spies among their communities. Internment of enemy aliens is allowed by international law

so we interned them until the risk of invasion was over. The camps were being closed even before the war ended. 43 thousand adults were citizen of Japan.

[SamBuddwing]

@am220uss wrote: "Internment of enemy aliens is allowed by international law." And thereby hangs the whole argument, doesn't it? You'll never regard the Japanese-Americans as Americans first and Japanese descendants second.

[am220uss]

@SamBuddwing - historical fact- 46,000 were citizens of Japan, born in Japan , and enemy aliens

here illegally. the rest were their children who were dual citizens only because they were born on U.S . soil. many of these were sent to japan for schooling. Don't be naive, 43000 japanese were not going to give up

all loyality to their mother country and their emperor who was considered a god on dec. 7 1941

[PBJsandwich100]

@am220uss So its okay to intern fellow Americans who eventually fought to preserve America's freedom, you know the people who served in 442nd Regiment who are pretty much the most bad ass American soldiers ever to serve. Guess those hard chargers grunts weren't loyal? What about those Nissei who secretly fought against IJA troops in the pacific, are they not loyal enough? Guess Obama will have an excuse to round up fellow Americans when time comes.

[am220uss]

yes your are right the majority of U.S. citizens were not siding with the Japanese however there were nine Japanese submarines waiting off our west coast and just one spy with a radio

could have been responsible for the death of thousands of Americans.

[inapoi]

@am220uss

here we go again: why you always think American lives are so much more precious than any other life ???? you make me sick - this American patriotism is nothing than feeling superior to others !

[ve513]

uh, i know that all countries interned enemy aliens...so...whats your point? that i shouldn't make a video like this?

and WHY may i ask?

so...we shouldn't make videos about the holocaust, the Rwandan genocide or american slavery too?

it's just a history 12 project i did to boost my grade...whats it to you?

"Just more of the same old sad faced pictures with little or no historical fact."

who the hell are you to judge anyways.

[tapo1957]

the us ows them alot, i cry for i am native american and wish we can live in peace,but how can we ?when we are a nation thats always right.

[NuFrontman]

great job..This is so important to remind all of us for the rest of time what prejudice and hatred do.

Love everyone, EVERYONE even gays and Republicans and Democrats and Christians, athiests, and spiritual rock singers like ME!

[am220uss]

Why don't you remind the Japanese. They are the most racist people in the world.

They think all others are inferior.  Just a few years ago their PM called Americans

mongrels

[ve513]

i think NuFrontman is right,

it is important to remind us what prejudice and hatred does.

if you really hate the japanese that much, then go fucking tell them in person instead of sitting on your sorry ass commenting on a little youtube video...

and for your information, what the japanese PM says, does not mean that ALL the japanese people IN THE WORLD are racist like him.

[inapoi]

@ve513

well said !!!!

[ve513]

@inapoi

thank you :)

[biglmac]

Good video.

[am220uss]

Ezio Horie wrote "records of A Intelligence War Staff officer at Imperial General headquarters" In his book he states that

Japanese Americans participated in espionage activities before Pearl Harbor and after that

the internment broke up their espionage

organization. This is from a japanese who

was in a position to know, there is no denying

it. The internment was necessary and it worked. Students don't let them fool you.

Your counry did what had to be done to stop the spies.

[ztigris]

Hope you got an A! Well Done!

[carolvidalmarchant]

Great video!

[Fujita1Goro]

5/5!!!!!! THANK YOU!!! more people must know of such an atrocity!!!  jw, did you and ur group (if there was) do the song?

[PixelSushi3]

this video made me cry a little :(

[am220uss]

warning to students: This video is slanted and one sided. It is anti American and its message is not historically correct. It purpose is to hang a guilt trip on America's

youth and shield the poor behavior of so called japanese Americans. Do further research. The japanese adults were enemy aliens.(citizens of a country that had declared war on the U.S.) Enemy aliens were interned by all countries at war including Mexico, Canada, England, and Japan. Children were taken along with adults.

[BBBlais]

"anti-American"?

the only way that statement is true, is the fact that it promotes knowledge and truth. Perhaps your pro-American view is slanted, no?

"Poor behaviour of japanese Americans? (way to not capitalize the "J"...) How so? Living with Japanese genes?

"citizens of a country that had declared war on the U.S.)" ... No, many were citizens of the United States of America.

Recognize so as to Understand. Peace.

[am220uss]

These videos are slanted and anti america because they present only one side of the story. If you would do a little research you

would find real truth. I have posted some historical facts under comments on another video on this site by nekoryuukichan. Please read and learn what these videos don't swow.

historical facts will show why the internment was necessary and that it was not as bad as some try to make it out to be. The ADULTS

were enemy aliens, citizens of Japan. children

[am220uss]

dependent children of enemy aliens were taken along to avoid breaking up families and

these are the american citizens you mention.

The adults were enemy aliens ( citizens of a country that had declared war on the U.S.)

they were interned by all countries at war

including Japan. The idea that tens of thousands of enemy alien should be allowed

to freely roam our west coast is ridiculous especially since we knew of a large espionage

ring thru decoded Japanese radio traffic and other intel.

[am220uss]

My "pro-americn view" as you call it, is not slanted because it is based on historical fact.

A good example of poor behavior in the camps is when those loyal to Japan attacked those they thought loyal to the U.S. One of the historical facts available to you thru research.

[BBBlais]

I have also read up on these facts thROUGH my own research, but thanks for the advice. My stance is more ethical I suppose, without a purely political mindset. For instance, is it right to enslave (I know, I know.. "Internment" sounds and makes one feel better) an entire ethnic group, purely on the fact that their former country of residence is at war with their current country of residence?

[BBBlais]

On that justification, many Afghan and all Iraq citizens should have been put in camps years ago - a notion many wouldn't object to, and which has been happening anyway, though more secluded, in Guantanamo Bay due the US Patriot Act. And yes.. I've done my research.

OR, is it right to justify one's actions by saying that only the American CITIZENS were forced to go, that their children (or older Nisei) could have stayed behind to face the mobs and racism (however justified it is) on their own?

[BBBlais]

I responded to your first statement about "poor behaviour" because you framed it as if it happened before they entered the camps. I now see what you mean. However, wouldn't one think that sticking two different types of people with two different loyalties together to live side-by-side perhaps slightly problematic?

[BBBlais]

For another example, take a look at the Brooklyn, Quuens, South Bronx (and any other public housing projects), and the  crime rates due to hispanics, blacks and poor whites stuck next door to each other with different levels of cultural un-understanding.

The Japanese internment camp attack was basically the following of loyalties, a similar justification for gang warfare.

[FreddyHipHop]

On one hand there is the need and necessity of protecting one's country, on the other there's the need to understand marginalization, its roots and its effects.

[am220uss]

Freddy Hip Hop, You are to be commended for

at least acknowledging the "necessity of protecting one's country". Many commenting

here would not even think of that.

All they care about is civil rights. The

bill of rights is not a suicide pact. We were not obligated to allow tens of thousands of enemy aliens to roam freely on our west coast.

[am220uss]

Comparing the internment to public housing is a bit of a leap

[am220uss]

I thought they were all loyal to the U.S. or at least that is the Japanese say, but those who know the facts can see it is just more denial.

[am220uss]

The relocation was a response to the possibility of invasion. Ethnic Japanese

living in the Philippines assisted the Japanese army when they invaded a few days after Pearl Harbor. I think you mistakenly typed american in lieu of japanese in your 5th

line. If so, that was tried in other countries and didn't work out so well. I believe canada did it that way.

[am220uss]

If you do your research on youtube don't expect to get the truth or all the facts.

Like a novel or hollywood movie these videos are made to provoke emotion. i post here to let young people know that these videos are not historically accurate. It is a historical fact that slaves are not paid wages and it is also a fact that those who chose to work in the camps were paid the going wage.

[am220uss]

Slaves are not paid wages. Anybody who chose to work was paid the going wage. Those in the camps did not have to work. Slaves work. Quit your exagerations and be truthful. If you are unaware of such historical facts do some research before posting.

[ve513]

OKAY SERIOUSLY ONE YEAR AGO.

REALLY.

DOES THIS MATTER THAT MUCH TO YOU.

FUCK MAN,

I DID NOT MAKE AN ANTI-AMERICAN VIDEO.

WHERE THE FUCK DOES IT SAY THAT?!

TELL ME

PROVE TO ME, WITH ACTUAL EVIDENCE THAT I SAY ANYTHING THAT IS "ANTI-AMERICAN"

thank you bbblais, cuz seriously my purpose was to let people know that this actually happened.

i did not blame it on any race and for your fucking information I DID MY RESEARCH. YOU NEED TO READ MORE HISTORY BOOKS THAT ARENT JUST ABOUT AMERICANS

[am220uss]

@ve513 - it's what you did not say that makes your video anti-american. You failed to mention the reason the internment was necessary.

[inapoi]

@am220uss

CRAP ! stand to your inglorious history ! we all have to !

[SaiyanPrince339]

stop whining and get off welfare. :P :D :o :D

[YesITalk2Much]

wtf is wrong with u

[SaiyanPrince339]

i'm an asshole. :p

[YesITalk2Much]

i believe that

[SaiyanPrince339]

:D :) :D

[matchesison]

shitty time in history. but i understand why it happened.

[annachr]

my professor showed us this video in my intro to social and economic perspectives class. very sad and thought-provoking video.

[meroclovis]

That was so sad

[Emma54325]

japanese internment is sooooo sad....

[arodagain]

interesting, im also looking sat this video for a college project on fear and racism.Excellent rap/video with a very meaningful and truthful message. thanks for sharing.

[h0het0]

first generation=issei=一世

second generation=nisei=二世

third generation=sansei=三世

[032246]

Great video and song. Just the same as America shouldn't forget 911, we can't forget that all races of people in our society have been mistreated. A hate crime, is a hate crime and they've existed long before we've become able to capture it even with a cell phone. I personally must be proud of my ancestor's first, because of the lifestyle they had, an honor them by remembering what it took for them to make me a Proud Ameican.

THEIR BRAINS, COURAGE, AND HEARTS MADE THIS NO PLACE LIKE HOME.

[guynaz928]

i never heard this song before, i actually live on the indian reservation where the Poston Camp was located. sad time in history, thanks for sharing this cool vid.

[sjwr3]

A Japanese American man says, "had other Americans had courage to speak out.."(against human injustice),he says Rememberance Day and this Dialogue about violations of human rights would be unnecessary today.I agree about apologizing, but also question how many of the Japanese Americans kept quiet about or justified Japanese invasions,colonialism,and slavery in rest of Asia for half a century before WWII? Are they doing enough today about Japanese Government's Whitewashing of History?

[inversek]

so what, should have given them a body bag each

[kwulf14]

dont fucking mess with americans..... were badass...... yeah this was a sad day.... im pretty much sure all u feel that way to....

[wengilee]

very educational lyrics

= World Peace=

[STEPPIN305]

could you send dis video to me its for a project

[casralph]

great video, could u send me this video for a project i would really apreciate it

[ve513]

yeah for sure.

just give me your email and i'll send it to you

[eldiablo3005]

GREAT VIDEO! I will save this for my family tree that I am working on, as we have connections to the internment camps and the loss in the Hiroshima bombings...Thank you!

[soprano562]

browm blacks need to unite

[go2class]

dont u see a patern everyone of color has or gets treated worse than so called white americans...this is why people of color need to stop segragating ourselves and start sticking together....how long are we gonna just let the rich white 10 percent of the population rule everything. If we unite and uplift all of our communities we wont be treated like this anymore.

[mikichic13]

this video rox! do u think you could send it to me so i cud use it for my history day power point? thanx a ton! ;)

[ve513]

hey sorry i didn't reply sooner.

do you still need the vid?

[eatmars]

i wonder didnt do that to italian and german americans

[bigpopparamma]

Basically just racism. The punishment that the Germans and the Italians got was curfew and could not be out after dark. However, the government was keeping watch on supsected Nazi sympathisers; only a handful were incarcerated and were placed on Ellis Island across for the Statue of Liberty. What's distraughting was, nearly 1/2 of America and those in the government agreed with Hitler. Many Jewish refugees were turned away or deported back to their homes and to death camps.

[Alloxy]

Do you think you can send this to me so i can use it for school!?!?!? Plz i need to use it for a school project tomarrow =) Thx for makeing think it's really great!

[Natalie13io]

OMG!!!!! I love it!!!! It's a great video!

I really want to ues this for my sppech @ school.

[godnamedsushi]

Great beat, and lyrics. The Propaganda and lies within our Governments. ALL OF THEM. Not just yours, or mine... ,but all of them DISGUST ME! SNAKES, REPTILES,.... I spit on every flag cause all they do is use us, divide us, and kill us. Even a WORLD flag.. I'll still spit on it. We are all human.. black, blue, green, white... we are all pink inside. Same emotions, blood, and roots.

[drshakahashi]

i say this is a great and important piece. thank you, thank you.

[drshakahashi]

this is a very important work of art, thank you, thank you.

[nausicaa17]

A great song with a message. Good video, thanks for posting!

[CoURTeSEY]

HI. I really like your video, is there a way where you can send it to me? I want to use it for a powerpoint presentation at school. >Thanks

[MisterZOT]

slammin!