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Google is honoring Korematsu today, and it's an interesting story, including the supreme court decision which upheld the validity of the whole ordeal: http://ww
by chillacy 10y ago
Google is honoring Korematsu today, and it's an interesting story, including the supreme court decision which upheld the validity of the whole ordeal: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/01/30/512488821/its-fred-korematsu-day-celebrating-a-foe-of-u-s-internment-camps http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/01/30/512488821/...
I'm not muslim but I'm probably not far down on the list of groups that Trump might take action against in the next 4 years. I'm not fearful for my livelihood today, but I'm extremely wary. Trump himself hasn't really taken a strong stance on this but some in his party seem to think it wasn't a bad idea: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/11/17/japanese-internment-is-precedent-for-national-muslim-registry-prominent-trump-backer-says/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/11/1...
These days I feel like we're all ants following pheromone trails, and individually powerless against the emergent phenomenon of a new yet familiar social movement.