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Written by mkb on 2025-01-12 at 21:08

It blows my mind that I was never taught about the Japanese internment as a kid. I had no idea until I moved to Berkeley and was exposed to proper lefties. https://mastodon.ozioso.online/@DorotheaLange/113817311655357069

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Written by Daniel Detlaf on 2025-01-12 at 21:45

@mkb

I had a law professor who was actually interned in the camps as a small child. crazy stuff.

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Written by mkb on 2025-01-12 at 23:53

@HumanServitor Yeah, it turned out my friend’s dad had been in one of the camps as well and I had no idea.

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Written by Daniel Detlaf on 2025-01-13 at 00:05

@mkb

Wow. Not something that comes up often I imagine. One of those chapters of US history we gloss over.

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Written by Michael Slade on 2025-01-12 at 22:00

@mkb @DorotheaLange I had no idea until I moved to San Francisco and worked with a woman who had been interned as a child. Being from the south, I knew southern racism but was new to how many kinds there were.

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Written by mkb on 2025-01-13 at 00:11

@michaelslade In addition to racism, it seems to me plain ol’ shame is a big factor. It’s a lot easier to talk about the other side’s misdeeds than our own.

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