misskittystryker:kinkylibrarianmind:robdelaney:thinksquad:Today marks the anniversary of FDR signing

misskittystryker:kinkylibrarianmind:robdelaney:thinksquad:Today marks the anniversary of FDR signing executive order 9066, which authorized the “indefinite detention” of nearly 150,000 people on American soil.The order authorized the Secretary of War and the U.S. Army to create military zones “from which any or all persons may be excluded.” The order left who might be excluded to the military’s discretion. When President Franklin D. Roosevelt inked his name to EO9066 on Feb. 19, 1942, it opened the door for the roundup of some 120,000 Japanese-Americans and Japanese citizens living along the west coast of the U.S. and their imprisonment in concentration camps. In addition, between 1,200 and 1,800 people of Japanese descent watched the war from behind barbed wire fences in Hawaii. Of those interned, 62 percent were U.S. citizens. The U.S. government also caged around 11,000 Americans of German ancestry and some 3,000 Italian-Americans.I only learned about this when I moved to LA when I was 24. That’s too old to learn that about your own country. I’m glad kids in Southern California are taught about it (since it’s an unavoidable fact that affected kids’ grandparents here) but Boston public schools, shall we say, “whitewashed” this fact from my own education. Maybe they teach it now. Anyway #teens, don’t let your school hinder your education; hit the books at home too. xoAnd to add to the comment above: you can get free books, web access, etc. at your local public library. Don’t let the powers that be keep you ignorant. Use your library and fight for it staying open. It’s there for YOU to keep informed no matter what you can afford. The internment of AMERICAN CITIZENS by the US government in WWII is despicable and needs to be known.Just in case we ever forget that this is a part of our history -- source link

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