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Executive Order 9066

Lessons to Remember From Japanese Internment

Bill Ong Hing | Posted 04.22.2012 | Crime
Read More: Executive-Order-9066, Immigration, Japanese Internment, Indefinite Detention, Fred Korematsu, Yaser Hamdi, Crime News
Bill Ong Hing

Sunday marked the 70th anniversary of Executive Order 9066, which authorized the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Their mass incarceration provides a lesson in human rights abuse that, unfortunately, the nation tends to forget too conveniently.

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Creating a False "Enemy Within": The Lessons of Internment, 70 Years Later

Rep. Mike Honda | Posted 04.21.2012 | Politics
Read More: Peter King, Rep Mike Honda, Nypd, Cia, Japanese American Internment, Muslim Americans, Executive-Order-9066, Japanese Internment, Fred Korematsu, Gordon Hirabayashi, Politics News
Rep. Mike Honda

We cannot stand idly by as an entire American community is demonized as a "religious enemy within." The demonization of Muslim Americans ignores the rich, diverse background of the community.

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Super Winners Have No Score To Settle

Harvey Gotliffe, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Japanese American Internment, San Jose, President Roosevelt, Final Solution, Holocaust, Wannsee Conference, Executive Order 9066, Japanese Americans, World War II, Holocaust Survivors, Super Bowl, Super Bowl 2011, Politics News
Harvey Gotliffe, Ph.D.

Two life-altering events that took place nearly seven decades ago receive little attention and are primarily observed by members of the two groups who experienced them.

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