George Takei Urges Lawmakers: Learn From Shameful Japanese Internment
Trump's supporters claim that they love America, and believe that simply saying 'we're number one,' is enough to make our country 'great again.' They think that anyone who points out America's flaws is not a good American, like when Bush invaded Iraq, no one could protest the war without being deemed a traitor. Even our U.S. history books have adopted a more jingoistic account of our nation's past, as is evidenced by the whitewashing of unpleasant reminders of shameful laws enacted in the name of greed and 'national security.' The abhorrent slave trade is remembered with much more innocuous language, thanks to new books printed in Texas (shocking!).
A very dark and deplorable event in American history is often omitted from our memories, as many are unaware, willfully or not, that we forced the internment of Japanese-Americans. This was done in the name of 'national security' following the day that will live in infamy, the attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941. Joy Reid reminds us that this insane reality could easily happen again, thanks to Republican/Trump hatemongers who have supported a similar fate for anyone of Muslim descent. A Muslim registry would not be too discernible from Japanese internment, lumping all people of one group into a suspicious category.