Imagine. if you can. a young boy. an American citizen. thrown into an isolated camp. forced from his home and his friends. separated from all but a few who could care for him. In 1942. criminals had the right to a trial. the right of appeal. but these 120.000 individuals were not given a trial. They had no right of appeal. In fact. they were not even told what they had done to cause their isolation. They were only told that their ancestry made them noncitizens. What sense of justice were we hoping to teach our children by this fact? How did the interned parents explain to their children the purpose of the Constitution and what it was supposed to stand for?
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