I’m taking this Memorial Day off, I but wanted to say a few words about some personal heroes of mine, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team of World War II.
Yet another thing I wasn't taught about in school. smh I did hear about the internment camps, although not a lot. The number of things, that I've only heard about for the first time, over the last 4 years is incredible. Shame on our education system for literally whitewashing history just to make white people feel better about themselves. Does it feel to you like this has come full circle, in that, there are people in this country that look upon Asian people as the enemy because of COVID? There are days that I am ashamed of my country, not just for our horrific past, that I'm just learning about, but because of our present? Thank you so much for sharing this and teaching me.
The movie Go For Broke, tells a portion of the story. I would like to see an updated version with more emphasis on the soldiers, rather than Van Johnson. Although Van Johnson eventually got over his overt racism and realized that he had a great platoon. I saw the movie as an 8 year old in NYC. I have it on DVD as well.
Yet another thing I wasn't taught about in school. smh I did hear about the internment camps, although not a lot. The number of things, that I've only heard about for the first time, over the last 4 years is incredible. Shame on our education system for literally whitewashing history just to make white people feel better about themselves. Does it feel to you like this has come full circle, in that, there are people in this country that look upon Asian people as the enemy because of COVID? There are days that I am ashamed of my country, not just for our horrific past, that I'm just learning about, but because of our present? Thank you so much for sharing this and teaching me.
The movie Go For Broke, tells a portion of the story. I would like to see an updated version with more emphasis on the soldiers, rather than Van Johnson. Although Van Johnson eventually got over his overt racism and realized that he had a great platoon. I saw the movie as an 8 year old in NYC. I have it on DVD as well.