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0 pointsWalterBright1y ago0 comments

FDR stripped 110,000 Americans of their property and herded them into concentration camps.

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One of these persons came to speak to my class when I was in elementary school. She was an elderly woman by then. She told us about her daily life in one of these concentration camps. I don't remember much. She definitely told us about the wooden buildings, and only being allowed to bring in what possessions they could carry in a suitcase. I think she also said that they recited the Pledge of Allegiance.

lelandfe1y ago

My parents took my siblings and I as children to Manzanar, which has been kept close to its original state. The brutality sits with me. Swarms of mosquitos bit at our family, clouds of dust made it hard to keep eyes open. It was blazing hot, over 100º, so the dust hurt. Rows of squat, decrepit hovels stretched out across the desolate sand towards the mountains. You could see the desert through floors. Barbed wire fences, mounted guns on guard towers.

10,000 American citizens imprisoned in conditions worse than a zoo.

redwall_hp1y ago

This includes real estate that is worth many billions now. The west coast was heavily farmed by Asian Americans, who lost their property to people who are still profiting from the theft to this day.

The family behind Kokuho Rose, a popular California sushi rice strain, was affected by this. While they didn't lose the land in the end, it was still stripped of anything of value and left to decay by their neighbors while they were in the camp.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koda_Farms

A Japanese American has also been credited with kicking off the California wine industry, and similarly had his land stolen during that era.

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20221113-kanaye-nagasawa-...

eastbound1y ago

I’m not in USA and I don’t know about this story. Do you have a name for it so I can search?

astura1y ago

It's commonly known as "Japanese Internment" or "Japanese-American Internment." But, honestly, you can just Google the full text of the comment and the correct results display (at least for me in incognito mode).

Actor George Takei was among the victims, and he's written about his experiences

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/20/1245844347/george-takei-my-lo...

qart1y ago

I'm not American either. I think he means Executive Order 9066 signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_Japanese_America...

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