Do people east of the Rockies know about the Japanese internment during World War II?

[kevin21boston]

A lot of Americans seem to forget that this is a part of our history. Most of the camps were in the West Coast, so do people in the East Coast know about these camps and what went on in them?

[Gtrght77]

They talk about it often in Seattle, I think they held a lot of them there to.

[RicoVacilon]

I havren't been west of the Rockies since I was 3 years old and I know of this. Pretty crazy stuff. Nowadays Americans look at all this crazy stuff we did and don't realize it was less than 100 years ago! We just have this feeling now that all of the horrible stuf was done "way back then" and that there's no way it could happen now. Hmm. . . .

[Calhoun County]

Down South, never heard of it. Elighten me VG brosefs.

[Warbuck$_Redux]

They hardly ever talk about it here. But I recently read a book called "Lies your teachers told you" and there's tons of great info on our history in there. Such as, technically Africans were the first settlers in America (non-Indian of course).

[Calhoun County]

Originally Posted by Warbuck$_Redux

They hardly ever talk about it here. But I recently read a book called "Lies your teachers told you" and there's tons of great info on our history in there. Such as, technically Africans were the first settlers in America (non-Indian of course).

This thread about to be 99 heated. I did read up on it after this thread was posted. Seems like some "District 9" type stuff. Pretty good read, I never heard of it until now.

[Chomppig]

I never heard about it until around middle school. Blew my mind then.

[sanantonio]

That could never happen here in the great land of the US of A .

[levdgg]

You should all watch "The War" documentary by Ken Burns

[dr.jc]

can someone explain what this was to me or post a link?

[Nevada_Ballin]

Originally Posted by dr.jc

can someone explain what this was to me or post a link?

>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanes...can_internment

Some people wanted to do this to those of middle eastern descent after 9/11


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[RicoVacilon]

Originally Posted by Warbuck$_Redux

They hardly ever talk about it here. But I recently read a book called "Lies your teachers told you" and there's tons of great info on our history in there. Such as, technically Africans were the first settlers in America (non-Indian of course).

Any history book that tries to bring to light lies of past historians is often as inaccurate as the ones before it. Just less ideologically. And how come we treat American Indians as if they're the only demographic that aren't immigrants? The AmerInd's are immigrants too.

And add South Pac Islanders to the list of people who got here before Colombus. Maybe even before the Africans you mention.

[dsteve]

and what president made this happen again?

[Gtrght77]

Originally Posted by RicoVacilon

Any history book that tries to bring to light lies of past historians is often as inaccurate as the ones before it. Just less ideologically. And how come we treat American Indians as if they're the only demographic that aren't immigrants? The AmerInd's are immigrants too.

And add South Pac Islanders to the list of people who got here before Colombus. Maybe even before the Africans you mention.

Look how we tried to assimilate the American Indians here. We put them in schools and more or less tried to remove their culture from them as children. They weren't allowed to speak their native language, practice their religion, ect, ect. This was going on up until very recent. Not somthing they will tell you about in schools though.

[RicoVacilon]

Originally Posted by Gtrght77

Look how we tried to assimilate the American Indians here. We put them in schools and more or less tried to remove their culture from them as children. They weren't allowed to speak their native language, practice their religion, ect, ect. This was going on up until very recent. Not somthing they will tell you about in schools though.

Tuskegee Experiment. . .