I find it hard to believe that a country under attack, and at war would
divert resources, time, effort, money, personel etc. to act on a racist
agenda. In other words, racism played no part in the interment. It was a
security measure.
Alan Glick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scotty Henderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2002 2:08 PM
Subject: Re: [rehfans] Howard and racism (kinda)
> As I posted elsewhere, the action of the Canadian government on internment
was ultimately considered
> racially motivated. Is it not logical to expect that there was some racial
consideration in the US
> actions? Admittedly, it was the US that was attacked and more extreme
action may have been expected
> but to say that racism wasn't part of the mix is too simplistic. I'm sure
if all the documents of
> the period were examined, racial motivation would be uncovered along with
others.
>
> Scotty Henderson
