Re: RE: Re: racism or protection?

["Beth Gunn" <happyhoofprints@hotmail.com>]

Title: RE: Re: racism or protection?

Kathy,

I am glad to here your family made it thru ...ok.... I am researching my family's past and have not got that far.  But with names like "Umbergurer" and Loudermilch", I will not be suprised that some of my family was incarsirated as well.  My husband is Scottish, and will research their immigration, too.  Would be about the time of "indentured servants" to escape turmoil of Scotland.  One step ahead of slavery but abonimation just the same. 

We can defend ourselves, as humanitarians and warriors, with intelligence, not ignorance.

Not to repeat the past.

Aut Pax - Aut Bellum

Beth and Clann  Gunn

----- Original Message -----

From: Kathy Mayeda

To: CMNewell ; ridecamp@endurance.net

Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 11:42 AM

Subject: RC: RE: Re: racism or protection?

My parents knew that they were put into internment camps as they were the “enemy”,  but it DID serve to protect them from the masses.   Their protection was not the real reason they were interned.  Their homes and businesses were not confiscated, but many sold off at a loss because they did not know if they were coming back.

K.

-----Original Message-----
From:   CMNewell [mailto:reshan@deyr.ultranet.com]
Sent:   Thursday, September 20, 2001 5:44 PM
To:     ridecamp@endurance.net
Subject:        RC:  Re: racism or protection?

>When I say "we" I mean those not "looking " Asian. People who were in
>danger of "hate crimes" were placed in "internment camps" to keep racists
>from hurting them.




Why, then, if we were merely trying to "protect" the Japanese-Americans,
were their homes and businesses confiscated, and why did the government lie
to the courts and claim proof that these people were carrying out
surveillance  activities? (Shown later to be completely without proof, but
the courts declined to act on the matter at the time.)

I love this country, which is the main reason I don't want it to make the
same mistake again...
                         --CMNewell





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