In today's environment, our government's actions and resultant internment of Japanese Americans would have been labeled as racist by civil rights advocates and declared unconstitutional by our highest court. I'm not sure that the government should have taken the Niihau incident as far as they did ... nor am I sure ...
Was it fair to take away the homes, businesses and lives of so many people just because they were of Japanese ancestry? No, it wasn't.
Well, almost 70 years after the fact and knowing what happened, it may appear that the President overreacted ...
However, remember, you are living in December 1941 and there are only 4 aircraft carriers standing between you and a Japanese landing along the West Coast.
You don't know if there is another surprise task force steaming toward San Francisco as you try to make the best decisions you can make.
No, you're not FDR, and maybe you would have made a different decision ... decisions had to be made ... FDR made his ... Niihau played an important role ... Eleanor didn't agree with the decision that he reached concerning Japanese Internment ... Do you?Incident At Niihau ...
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