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The Return of Korematsu

70 Years Ago, The Mass Internment Of Japanese Americans Was Upheld By The Supreme Court
Kelly Chen
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Assignment Editor, HuffPost

A guard tower at Manzanar internment camp is seen in Independence, California, on July 17, 2013. Nearly 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry were removed from their homes on the west coast by the U.S. Army and sent to Manzanar and nine other internment camps between March 1942 and November 1945. Two-thirds of them were American citizens.
A guard tower at Manzanar internment camp is seen in Independence, California, on July 17, 2013. Nearly 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry were removed from their homes on the west coast by the U.S. Army and sent to Manzanar and nine other internment camps between March 1942 and November 1945. Two-thirds of them were American citizens.
Lucy Nicholson / Reuters

Seventy years after the mass internment of Japanese Americans was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court, the ugly ideas at the core of its decision are resurfacing.

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