Asian Caucus members: California's apology for Japanese American incarceration is 'long overdue but important'

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The apology comes more than 70 years after incarceration camps closed. “We must reckon with our past and cannot forget about what happens when political leaders allow discrimination to dictate policy,' state Rep. Mark Takano says.

Asian American lawmakers in California say it may be seven decades later but they're still applauding an effort to have the state apologize for its role in the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.HR-77

While the apology would come more than 70 years after the incarceration camps closed, Rep. Mark Takano, D-Calif., a CAPAC member, said he believes it's still significant for the state to recognize its part in the WWII-era mass removal.

 

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Who in the fck cares? We are going Communist now, havent you heard?

it was kinda necessary

FDR sucked.

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