258refinnej (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Before one encourages someone to read their history, one should read history themselves. The Munson Report, given to FDR less than one month before Pearl Harbor, stated the high level of support of the United States amongst the Japanese American population. 2/3 of the Japanese Americans were U.S. citizens, 3/4 of whom were under the age of 18. No sabotage was ever proven by the U.S. government. Atrocities by Japanese elsewhere should not then, or now, be an excuse for imprisonment.

sjwr3 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

A Japanese American man says, "had other Americans had courage to speak out.."(against human injustice),he says Rememberance Day and this Dialogue about violations of human rights would be unnecessary today.I agree about apologizing, but also question how many of the Japanese Americans kept quiet about or justified Japanese invasions,colonialism,and slavery in rest of Asia for half a century before WWII? Are they doing enough today about Japanese Government's Whitewashing of History?

ussdeviceam220 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

If you did some reading as others have suggested you might find how japanese living in the Philippines helped the Japanese armywhen they invaded shortly after the war began. This is historical fact and FDR was well aware of this when he signed the relocation order.

19panther87 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

start reading some history , Imperial Japan was killing thousands of people in China invading asia about to take over Australia and the chance that some Japanese might help from inside the US was a chance after Pearl harbor that the US could not afford .

gooogen (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Yeah, this is much worse than what was going on in Nanjing.

PLBellebet (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Damn. The fact we did this to our own people just makes me sick. How could they take away their rights like this without a trial or due process? Love the cheerful music in the background, as if that made it alright.