Relocation which attempted to justify the authority and Living Conditions in the camps. Some times admitting there were problems. Their evacuations was ordered to reduce a military hazard at a time when danger of invasions was great. Twothirds are american citizens by right of birth. The rest are their japanese born parents and grandparents. They are not prisoners. They are not internees. They are merely discllocated people. The time, spring and summer of 1942. The place, ten different Relocation Centers in unsettled parts of arizona, california, idaho, wyoming, colorado and arkansas. The row Location Centers are supervised by the War Relocation Authority which assumes responsibility after they have been evacuatied and cared for b the army. The row location center, housing 7 to 18,000 people. Barracks type buildings. 12 or 14 residents buildings along with a mess hall, and recreation hall. The entire community bounded by a wire fence and guarded by military police. Symbols of the milit
Morning. Each week, american tv sits in on a lecture with one of the college professors. You can watch it. This week, we join professor ellen wu at Indiana University where she discusses japanese internment in the United States during world war ii. This is about an hour and 15 minutes. On tuesday, we begin our discussion on the japanese american internment camps by thinking about the ways which wars function as flash points for redefining the terms of membership or belonging in the american nation. In other words, wars are these critical moments when the nation rethinks who gets to be considered or treated as members or citizens of the National Community as well as who gets excluded. Right . These are really critical times. We saw in the frantic weeks of pearl harbor, president roosevelt, members of congress and ordinary people all came to the consensus japanese americans needed to be completely excluded or shut out of that National Community. Of course, we know this was based on the u
Relocation which attempted to justify the authority and Living Conditions in the camps. Some times admitting there were problems. Their evacuations was ordered to reduce a military hazard at a time when danger of invasions was great. Twothirds are american citizens by right of birth. The rest are their japanese born parents and grandparents. They are not prisoners. They are not internees. They are merely discllocated people. The time, spring and summer of 1942. The place, ten different Relocation Centers in unsettled parts of arizona, california, idaho, wyoming, colorado and arkansas. The row Location Centers are supervised by the War Relocation Authority which assumes responsibility after they have been evacuatied and cared for b the army. The row location center, housing 7 to 18,000 people. Barracks type buildings. 12 or 14 residents buildings along with a mess hall, and recreation hall. The entire community bounded by a wire fence and guarded by military police. Symbols of the milit
First, Iraqi Forces Say they are just two kilometers away from the city of mosul. The battle is far from over. A million civilians remain trapped in the city and the u. N. Says is lummis have been killing scores of people in recent days. The bodies of up to 70 people were found in their homes. The u. N. Is warning the iraqi forces and their kurdish allies against collective punishment. It claims dozens of sunni error families were forced to leave the city of kirkuk after an Islamic State attacked their last week. Jane has been with the troops in a small christian town and has this report. Village the christian. S 15 kilometers east of mosul inside there is fierce fighting between iraqi infantry in an estimated 15 jihadist. Im watching the enemy. When i see a jihadist, a. Schu him. Ive killed five since the beginning of the battle. When i see a jihadist, i shoot him. There is still sporadic gunfire inside. We will be entering with the army in a minute. A townr we discover damaged by hea
First, Iraqi Forces Say they are just two kilometers away from the city of mosul. The battle is far from over. A million civilians remain trapped in the city and the u. N. Says is lummis have been killing scores of people in recent days. The bodies of up to 70 people were found in their homes. The u. N. Is warning the iraqi forces and their kurdish allies against collective punishment. It claims dozens of sunni error families were forced to leave the city of kirkuk after an Islamic State attacked their last week. Jane has been with the troops in a small christian town and has this report. Village the christian. S 15 kilometers east of mosul inside there is fierce fighting between iraqi infantry in an estimated 15 jihadist. Im watching the enemy. When i see a jihadist, a. Schu him. Ive killed five since the beginning of the battle. When i see a jihadist, i shoot him. There is still sporadic gunfire inside. We will be entering with the army in a minute. A townr we discover damaged by hea