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Reader comment on item: Why the Japanese Internment Still Matters

Submitted by Walter E. Wallis (United States), Jan 19, 2005 at 16:41

Context is needed.

Students should be told about what happened in territories occupied by Japan, including how the locals of Japanese ancestry ALWAYS cooperated with the invaders, like pointing out which neighbors owned guns and who was a radio amateur.

If they don't teach context then they shouldn't teach anything.

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