Our Friendly Government Explains Why These Concentration Camps Are in Everyone’s Best Interests
23rd May 2014
Read it. And watch the video. And wonder who might be next.
During World War II, the U.S. government interned tens of thousands of Japanese Americans who had been convicted of no crime. To put a friendly face on the proceedings, the Office of War Information made a film about it. “Neither the Army nor the War Relocation Authority relished the idea of taking men, women, and children from their homes, their shops, and their farms,” narrator Milton Eisenhower claims. “So the military and civilian agencies alike determined to do the job as a democracy should: with real consideration for the people involved.”