110K Japanese-Americans, 15K German-Americans and approx. 3K Italian-Americans were sent to interment camps during WWII. Currently only 16 states require the Japanese-American internment to be taught; ZERO states require that the interment of German and Italian Americans be taught.
As a result, an atrocity that destroyed many families (and has stolen cultures away for the rest, who lived in fear of carrying on their traditions lest they be targeted by the FBI) has been swept under the rug.
Why is this important?
110K Japanese-Americans, 15K German-Americans and approx. 3K Italian-Americans were sent to interment camps during WWII. Currently only 16 states require the Japanese-American internment to be taught; ZERO states require that the interment of German and Italian Americans be taught.
