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- seanmcdirmid 8y agoThey have complained and have even asked for reparations.
- majos 8y agoThey have also been granted reparations of about $160 million. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Liberties_Act_of_1988 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Liberties_Act_of_1988
- rhexs 8y agoThe surviving Japanese Americans actually received reparations for the internment. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Liberties_Act_of_1988 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Liberties_Act_of_1988
- PhasmaFelis 8y agoDo you realize what you're saying here? "We abused that guy for years and he never complained or demanded better. Why can't we all be more like that?"
- ams6110 8y agoI didn't read the comment that way. I read it as life sucks for a lot of people at times. Some dwell on it and never get past it. Others find a way to move forward, to make their own lives better instead of demanding that someone else do it.
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- zaptheimpaler 8y agoThat may be a good prescription for dealing with tragedies personally, but if everyone did that then those doing the abusing would never suffer any consequences, and society would never change.
- coliveira 8y agoThis is the whole mindset of people who want to maintain the status quo. "Just keep your mouth shut" is a mantra that only helps to maintain the oppression system.
- AvocadoPanic 8y agoIs the oppression system the bit that keeps the lights on? The alternative tends to be the system where everyone starves.
- PhasmaFelis 8y agoYou seriously think those are the only two options?
- zapita 8y agoHere is a prominent Japanese American, George Takei, who was interned in the 40s, drawing from his experience to complain about contemporary US policy on behalf of other groups. https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/06/19/at-least-during-the-internment-are-words-i-thought-id-never-utter-family-separation-children-border/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/06/19/at-least-during-the-int... So maybe the lesson to be learned is not the one you think?
- jahewson 8y agoLesson: cease interning people and they won’t complain about being interned?
- dang 8y agoWe detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17864539 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17864539 and marked it off-topic.