Japanese Internment during WW II

After America was attacked by Japan at Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066 consigning 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry to internment camps. Fred Korematsu challenged the internment all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. In "Korematsu v. United States" (1944), the Court sided with the government.

In 1988, Congress passed and President Ronald Reagan signed legislation which apologized for the internment on behalf of the U.S. government. The legislation said that government actions were based on "race prejudice, war hysteria, and a failure of political leadership". The U.S. government eventually disbursed more than $1.6 billion in reparations to Japanese Americans.

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[TheHouseOffice]

Funny how they didn't lock up Italian Americans or German Americans..

[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.

[jpete3027666]

@Stormymnday you don't lock up American citizens for crimes they "have to potential" to commit. Innocent until proven guilty, trial with guilt or innocence judged by a jury of peers? Does this mean anything to you? Bill of Rights anyone?

[jpete3027666]

FDR was a tyrannical dictator and a piece of shit.

[pf91rodman]

Fact: FDR is a piece of shit

[Guard1059AH]

where did you get this documentary?

[Stormymnday]

there is a large possibility that had Japanese landed in California, a large number of Japanese americans would have aided the troop with housing, ammunition, food etc.

[Stormymnday]

This was a very unfortunate situation for the Japanese living in America. As a matter of national security however, it was absolutely necessary. I too was skeptical of this situation until i did some research and discovered the events of the Ni'ihau incident. Look it up, and you may realize that it could have been a microcosm of what may have taken place on the west coast, had Japanese force landed in California.

[freakybeats89]

@TheHouseOffice they did lock up italian americans and german americans. google or Wiki Crsytal City, Texas. my great grandparents/ grandparents/ uncles were interned Heart Mountain. And while their parents were in the camp, my Grandpa and his brother ,both Japanese Americans, were serving their country in the 442nd, which was relatively common.

[Blackrock215]

Story in a nutshell: US Gov't has huge fear of 'outsiders', and takes action against them. Action is unjust and against the law. After it turns out they were wrong, the US Gov't apologizes and gives them money.

[TheHouseOffice]

This video is fucking awesome. Thank you for posting.