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> Americans were generally able to differentiate between Russians and their government during the Cold War. And just 20 years before that the Japanese internme
by niihau_island 6y ago
> Americans were generally able to differentiate between Russians and their government during the Cold War.
And just 20 years before that the Japanese internment camps happened.
- adultSwim 6y agoSharp contrast between concentration camps for Japanese and Japanese Americans with the treatment of Germans and Nazi sympathizers
- mbg721 6y agoThat was because the Allies expected the Germans to obey "rules of war" in the European tradition, and knew that the Japanese wouldn't. An American GI would be much happier as a POW of Germany than of Japan.
- hacknat 6y agoSome German Americans were actually interned[1]. About 1/10th the amount of Japanese that were interned, but also not nothing. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_German_Americans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_German_Americans