Friday, April 23, 2004
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GOOD DAY AT BLACK ROCK
The current Supreme Court case dealing with the detainees at Guantanamo Bay got a conversation going last night about the internment of Japanese during World War II and one of the guests asked if Japanese in Hawaii were put in camps like they were in the Western U.S. The answer, put forth by Brian and confirmed by Cliff, is interesting. In 1941, the US Territory of Hawaii was the home of about 90,000 Japanese and 160,000 Nisei (American-born decendants of Japanese). Although many whites demanded the internment of these people as security threats, the Island's economy depended completely on them as the major work force so they kept their freedom. And history would show that no act of sabotage was ever carried out during the war by Hawaii's Japanese population.
The current Supreme Court case dealing with the detainees at Guantanamo Bay got a conversation going last night about the internment of Japanese during World War II and one of the guests asked if Japanese in Hawaii were put in camps like they were in the Western U.S. The answer, put forth by Brian and confirmed by Cliff, is interesting. In 1941, the US Territory of Hawaii was the home of about 90,000 Japanese and 160,000 Nisei (American-born decendants of Japanese). Although many whites demanded the internment of these people as security threats, the Island's economy depended completely on them as the major work force so they kept their freedom. And history would show that no act of sabotage was ever carried out during the war by Hawaii's Japanese population.
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