Recent Quotes View Full List My Watchlist Create Watchlist Indicators DJI Nasdaq Composite SPX Gold Crude Oil Hydroworld Market Index Markets Stocks ETFs Tools Overview News Currencies International Treasuries San Diego apologizes for supporting WWII detention camps By: FOXNews.com September 21, 2022 at 16:50 PM EDT The San Diego City Council has rescinded a resolution that was passed during WWII to support the incarceration of Japanese Americans in prison camps. The San Diego City Council rescinded a resolution it passed 80 years ago in support of the incarceration of Japanese Americans in prison camps during World War II.During a meeting Tuesday, council members called the camps and the 1942 resolution supporting them racist and unjust."We can acknowledge the wrong that the city committed," council President Sean Elo-Rivera said.US SAILOR KILLED IN PEARL HARBOR TO BE LAID TO REST AFTER DECADES-LONG EFFORT TO IDENTIFY REMAINSThe council also approved a formal apology to Japanese Americans, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported.Leaders of the local Japanese American community praised the council’s decision, noting how residents sent to the camps lost their property, their opportunities for education and their dignity.During World War II, more than 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry — regarded as a threat to national security because of their ethnicity — were forcibly relocated to 10 camps in the western U.S. and Arkansas.Among those incarcerated were more than 1,900 San Diego County residents of Japanese descent, according to the Union-Tribune.DEMOCRATIC ADVISER ON MSNBC MAKES ‘NAZI GERMANY’ COMPARISON FOR REPUBLICANS The council’s actions were requested by the San Diego chapter of the Japanese American Historical Society.Kay Ochi, the society’s president, said the camps and the council’s resolution supporting them reflected the prejudice and fear of the time. Her parents, U.S. citizens, were incarcerated from 1942 to 1945 in Arizona.PEARL HARBOR SAILOR TO BE BURIED IN ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERYMORE THAN 80 YEARS AFTER DEATH"The trauma of that racist act, the shame that it brought upon the Japanese American community to be targeted as spies, was deep and painful," she said. "You are reaffirming your commitment — the city’s commitment — to the promises of the Constitution." Related Stocks: Fancamp Exploration Ltd Data & News supplied by www.cloudquote.io Stock quotes supplied by Barchart Quotes delayed at least 20 minutes. By accessing this page, you agree to the following Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions.
San Diego apologizes for supporting WWII detention camps By: FOXNews.com September 21, 2022 at 16:50 PM EDT The San Diego City Council has rescinded a resolution that was passed during WWII to support the incarceration of Japanese Americans in prison camps. The San Diego City Council rescinded a resolution it passed 80 years ago in support of the incarceration of Japanese Americans in prison camps during World War II.During a meeting Tuesday, council members called the camps and the 1942 resolution supporting them racist and unjust."We can acknowledge the wrong that the city committed," council President Sean Elo-Rivera said.US SAILOR KILLED IN PEARL HARBOR TO BE LAID TO REST AFTER DECADES-LONG EFFORT TO IDENTIFY REMAINSThe council also approved a formal apology to Japanese Americans, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported.Leaders of the local Japanese American community praised the council’s decision, noting how residents sent to the camps lost their property, their opportunities for education and their dignity.During World War II, more than 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry — regarded as a threat to national security because of their ethnicity — were forcibly relocated to 10 camps in the western U.S. and Arkansas.Among those incarcerated were more than 1,900 San Diego County residents of Japanese descent, according to the Union-Tribune.DEMOCRATIC ADVISER ON MSNBC MAKES ‘NAZI GERMANY’ COMPARISON FOR REPUBLICANS The council’s actions were requested by the San Diego chapter of the Japanese American Historical Society.Kay Ochi, the society’s president, said the camps and the council’s resolution supporting them reflected the prejudice and fear of the time. Her parents, U.S. citizens, were incarcerated from 1942 to 1945 in Arizona.PEARL HARBOR SAILOR TO BE BURIED IN ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERYMORE THAN 80 YEARS AFTER DEATH"The trauma of that racist act, the shame that it brought upon the Japanese American community to be targeted as spies, was deep and painful," she said. "You are reaffirming your commitment — the city’s commitment — to the promises of the Constitution." Related Stocks: Fancamp Exploration Ltd