What this cartoon did from a journalist socially credible and deeply entrusted as life magazine was, especially at a time of such po larty was deeply irresponsible, in my opinion. Which we can all appreciate from contemporary standpoint. When people flinch at the use of the term jam. And one thing i do appreciate about it, though is acknowledgment, at least, in a public forum that most people could not tell the difference between certain types of asians, which, you know, i think a lot of us still agree would happen today. Well, would it happen today . Would it happen today . Would this happen again . Taking a large number of americans, citizens because of their race their religion, their national origin. I mean its not the same thing, but its sort of happening with the ferguson and, like, you know, racial policy in the United States right now. So its not the same thing at all. But its only still an issue today. In terms of race. What if theres another 9 11. What would happen . I dont k
Archival films that help tell the story of the 20th century. On february 19th 1942, roosevelt issued executive order 9066 leading to a forced relocation and internment of over 100,000 people of japanese ancestry who lived on the west coast of the u. S. About 62 of the internees were american citizens. A challenge to democracy from 1944 is a 20minute War Relocation Authority film which attempts to justify the policy by showing the internment process and Living Conditions in the camps sometimes admitting there were problems but frequently glossing over the many negative aspects of forced relocation. To wartime communities. Established in out of the way places. But ordered to reduce a military hazard at a time when invasion was great. 2 3 of the evacuees are american citizens by right of birth. The rest are the japanese born parents and grandparents. They are not under suspicion, they are not prisoners, not internees. They are merely dislocated people. The place ten different Relocation C
So even though i had people ask me about it, i always dismissed it. But this was an opportunity through an appointment, not election. So you get appointed, then you do your job, then you can seek election. So in 1969, i ran for the City Council Post that i had by appointment. But on the brochure, i couldnt say reelect norm because i hadnt been elected in the first place, so we used the phrase retain norm on the council. How supportive was the Japanese American Community to your campaign . Very. I had great support from within the community. At that point it was probably maybe 2 of the population, 3 . Very, very small. But i had great support from the Japanese American Community. And so that was also true by 1970, i had become vice mayor, and then in 1971, for the reelection for the mayors post, the mayor decided not to seek reelection. So then that mayor and many people said, hey, youve got to run for mayor. Well, i was trying to split my duties between being on the city council and ru
Sits in with a lecture for the Nations College professors. Up next, Richard Reeves talks about the internment experiences of japaneseamericans living on the west coast and how the press expressed hysteria over possible acts of sabotage. Experiences of japaneseamericans very widely depending on where they lived during a time of open racism. This is about an hour. Part of what were going to talk about today is the tendency for the press to all follow the same story line, which weve seen a lot of right now with two story lines that are taking up most of the news space these days. Ebola, every papers saying the same, every paper, every television, the internet is all following that story according to a pretty well known narrative because its also been fictionalized in film. And then, what then knocks off ebola and people dying in africa. Bill cosby, so that all everybodys writing the same kind of story about bill cosby every day but with different names. And so, today, i want to talk about
Most of the news space these days. Ebola, every papers saying the same, every paper, every television, the internet is all following that story according to a pretty well known narrative because its also been fictionalized in film. And then, what then knocks off ebola and people dying in africa. Bill cosby, so that all everybodys writing the same kind of story about bill cosby every day but with different names. And so, today, i want to talk about a story that ran like that, what happens when a kind of fever, kind of hysteria usually based on fear, like ebola was where the press takes a line. Or in this case, where the press was a major player in one of the darkest episodes in American History. The internment of japanese americans during world war ii in concentration camps in those barren parts of the country. The high deserts of the west and the swamps of arkansas. And if from here in los angeles, if you take route 395 north, say youre going to mammoth for skiing, which is why most pe