Do not presume to tell others what shames them- lest you want to hear how shameful I consider it to give the enemy the benefit of the doubt in a time of war.
How many attacks by Japanese Americans were there in this country during WW2? We'll never know how much death and destruction internment prevented.
And interment ended when the war did- and the Constitution survived. We did the right thing to protect ourselves.
I hope we have the guts to do it again.
If you don't consider rounding up American citizens based on their racial background to be shameful, you're beyond help.
How many attacks by Japanese Americans were there in this country during WW2?
The Japanese Americans who were interned in Hawaii during WWII were quickly released when it became apparent that the Hawaiian economy would grind to a halt without them. Those Japanese Americans did not engage in any attacks. What does that tell you?
And interment ended when the war did- and the Constitution survived. We did the right thing to protect ourselves.
Protect ourselves? Most of the internees were American citizens, many of them native-born. Who, exactly, were we protecting ourselves from? Fellow Americans?
There were not nearly as many Japanese Americans as there were immigrant or first-generation Germans, and yet the latter were not noted for their devotion to death and destruction.
If you want to replace your rank speculation with some real-world examples of Japanese American behavior during WWII, a good place to start looking might be the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.
The fact is, the internment of Japanese Americans -- many of whom were 3rd-generation Americans -- was indeed a national shame, in the same way that the Cherokee "Trail of Tears" is a national shame. It has long been recognized as such, across the political spectrum.