Tuesday, November 07, 2006
Dorothea Lange @ the national archives
Both Ms. Gordon and Mr. Okihiro said they were struck by some disturbing parallels between the treatment of Japanese Americans in 1942 and that of Muslims and other American citizens since the attacks of 9/11.
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Yeah, aside from the article that was void of any sort of historical context, I thought it was pretty good too. Since we're doing comparative history, we should also take a look at this:
Excerpt:
"Just months after Pearl Harbor the Third Reich secretly sent two small teams of would-be saboteurs to the United States. Their mission: cripple U.S. industry. But things went badly wrong. What happened is a story of confusion, low comedy, and betrayal—and the creation of a precedent for the military tribunals being proposed by the Bush Administration today... President Franklin Roosevelt, newly engaged in the war against Germany and eager to demonstrate successes, demanded that justice be swift and severe."
Note: If you want the entire article, let me know. I can route it to JJ, and he can forward it your way. Otherwise, it was written by Gary Cohen and appeared in the Feb., 2002 issue of The Atlantic.
...or how the Japanese treated the Chinese ante-WWII, and leading up to.
and then the americans joined in the fun.
There's many sophisticated things going on at the Sorbonne these days, AA.
My bone is sore just thinking about them
joined in the fun of butchering others, mft. jaysus you guys are thick.
Thick, Pepe? You thinking of my bone again? Last time you gave it much attention, it was a Sorbonne for weeks and it took a first-rate urologist from TMC to fix.
Call it butchery if you'd like, Pepe. After bailing out your French and European asses, we quickly grew tired of the Pacific Theatre problem. With the intellect of Europe combined with the Industry of America, well, as JJ said...
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