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In California, an increasing number of Japanese, Jewish and other non-Black groups are expressing their support for reparations to Black American residents of the state who are descendants of enslaved people. Around 100 grassroot organizations, motivated in part by the efforts of the Japanese American Bar Association and John M. Langston Bar Association of Los Angeles, have endorsed the work of the task force, and are calling on California to compensate Black residents for historical wrongdoings. | By Antonio Ray Harvey California Black Media In California, an increasing number of Japanese, Je...

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By Antonio Ray Harvey | California BlackMedia Shown left to right Ron Wakabayashi, Miya Iwataki, Mitch Maki, and attorney Donald Tamaki at the California

Lot of anti-asian prejudice. >> "there are too many and they're -- >> right. >> -- taking our jobs," and the usual. >> "some of them are buying our land." >> things got really bad for the japanese, of course, after pearl harbor with -- >> yes. >> -- it was an internment program. >> so they had a list of all the names. >> right. kids, too. >> yes. children, too. they all had to go walking to the train station in downtown san jose. my mother did say that at the beginning, before they were put in the camps, they were brought to assembly centers while the camps were being built. and their assembly...

One internment camp specifically for "enemy aliens" was on San Francisco property, set up in 1942 next to a municipal golf course just south of the city proper.