Against Japanese:
A viper is nonetheless a viper wherever the egg is hatched…. So, a Japanese American born of Japanese parents, nurtured upon Japanese traditions, living in a transplanted Japanese atmosphere… notwithstanding his nominal brand of accidental citizenship almost inevitably and with the rarest exceptions grows up to be a Japanese, and not an American…. Thus, while it might cause injustice to a few to treat them all as potential enemies, I cannot escape the conclusion… that such treatment… should be accorded to each and all of them while we are at war with their race.
– Editorial in Los Angeles Times. 1942
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yes, america is pretty much always at war. that is why i find it so strange when people are surprised that we are at war. or when people say things like, ‘this is not the america i know’. then clearly you don’t know america. also with the police shootings and this perceived rise in racism. i’ve had people literally say america is more racist then it has ever been.
“Written by Randa Tawil. Randa is a Ph.D. Student at Yale University in the Department of American Studies.
Wow, Randa…!!!
Precisely, concisely, powerfully summarized. Very well written. Your education and erudition speaks for itself.
Thank you.
Shock, America is not perfect… but help me out here… http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2015/10/05/report-syrian-christians-cry-jesus-isis-mass-beheading/ http://www.ijreview.com/2015/02/251741-isis-terrorists/ http://www.christianpost.com/news/kidnapped-priest-killed-chopped-up-by-isis-as-christians-become-a-form-of-currency-in-mid-east-war-says-aid-to-the-church-in-need-142658/ http://www.jihadwatch.org/2015/10/islamic-state-murders-12-christians-for-refusing-to-renounce-christ http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/19/africa/libya-isis-executions-ethiopian-christians/ http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/08/isis-killed-three-christians-hostages-syria-assyrian-ransom http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/614249/ISIS-sends-ASSASSINS-UN-refugee-camps-could-come-Britain http://www.clarionproject.org/news/price-flesh-selling-women-islamic-state-caliphate http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/08/middleeast/isis-rape-theology-soldiers-rape-women-to-make-them-muslim/ this is the great muslim life?
This was brilliant Randa. Great job.