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Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.94,0:00:14.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How many of you are familiar\Nwith the Japanese-American incarceration?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.87,0:00:16.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh! Thank you, and good night.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.90,0:00:18.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.40,0:00:20.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You guys are wonderful.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.03,0:00:23.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was a prisoner of war,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.42,0:00:26.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during World War II,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.18,0:00:28.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,held by my own country.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.59,0:00:30.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was six years old.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.05,0:00:32.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is my prison number:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.40,0:00:35.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,125 -
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.58,0:00:38.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,12524.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.08,0:00:40.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm the letter D.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.15,0:00:43.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My family had 12524.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.08,0:00:48.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My family and I were incarcerated\Nfor three and a half years,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.81,0:00:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Poston, Arizona,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.00,0:00:53.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during World War II.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.34,0:00:58.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a teacher, I would ask my students,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.64,0:01:00.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes on the first day of school:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.61,0:01:04.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Draw an American for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.02,0:01:08.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay? Take out a piece of paper,\Nand draw an American for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.56,0:01:09.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay?"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.68,0:01:14.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I would go around the room\Nand check the drawings,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.78,0:01:18.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sometimes the drawings\Nwould be of a stick figure,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.05,0:01:23.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not much better than kindergarten.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.20,0:01:24.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Excuse me, Marsha.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.34,0:01:29.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Marsha is a kindergarten teacher, my wife.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.53,0:01:30.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.73,0:01:34.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Draw an American for me.\NYou get somebody in mind?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.94,0:01:36.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hmm?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.28,0:01:40.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How many of you\Nthought of drawing a woman?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.49,0:01:42.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.63,0:01:46.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A majority of Americans are women.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.57,0:01:49.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who says it's a man's world?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.26,0:01:51.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Men!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.82,0:01:57.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Women can do everything\Na man can do, and more.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.11,0:02:04.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How many of you thought of drawing\Na blonde, blue-eyed, hunk of a guy?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.29,0:02:08.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hitler would have been so proud of you.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.95,0:02:18.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To many Americans, WASP is the American:\NWhite Anglo-Saxon Protestant.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.13,0:02:20.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're not White,\NAnglo-Saxon Protestant,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.71,0:02:22.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're not really an American.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.79,0:02:28.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, I'm not Japanese.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.61,0:02:30.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've never been Japanese.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.02,0:02:34.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm an American, of Japanese ancestry.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.27,0:02:38.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My father was Japanese, my mother was\NJapanese, but I'm not Japanese.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.40,0:02:41.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I go to Japan, and I speak,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.02,0:02:46.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they laugh and they go:\N"We don't talk like that anymore."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.27,0:02:49.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They know I'm a gaijin, a foreigner.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.64,0:02:52.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was in London, shopping,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.64,0:02:55.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I had a nice conversation\Nwith the sales lady,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.11,0:02:57.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and at the end she says:\N"Oh, you Yanks."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.80,0:03:01.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's looking at me, and I'm a Yank.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.100,0:03:05.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in this country,\Nin parts of this country,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.55,0:03:08.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a damned Jap.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.48,0:03:12.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I don't mean just the South.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.50,0:03:18.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are parts of Idaho,\NMontana, North Dakota and such.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.30,0:03:21.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's kind of dangerous for me to travel.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.32,0:03:26.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Racism still prevails in this country.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.47,0:03:32.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After 9/11, the attack\Non the twin towers in New York,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.73,0:03:37.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there was talk about rounding up
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.31,0:03:40.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the Arabs and Muslim\NAmericans in this country,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.31,0:03:44.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and incarcerating them\Nin concentration camps.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.94,0:03:49.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now to his credit,\NGeorge W. Bush, the president,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.65,0:03:52.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he called a Cabinet meeting,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.97,0:03:55.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he told his Cabinet members:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.25,0:03:59.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We're not going to do to the Arab\Nand Muslim Americans in this country
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.70,0:04:03.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what we did to Norm Mineta\Nand his family."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.50,0:04:08.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And all talk about rounding up\Nthe Arab and Muslims stopped.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.93,0:04:10.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we were grateful.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.34,0:04:14.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, why was Norm, his family,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.85,0:04:21.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and 120,000 Japanese\Nand Japanese-Americans -
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.19,0:04:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two-thirds were American citizens,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.00,0:04:27.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from Washington, Oregon, and California -
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.84,0:04:31.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,incarcerated after the attack\Non Pearl Harbour?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.26,0:04:34.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.29,0:04:40.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cabrillo College instructor\NSandy Lydon, historian emeritus,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.49,0:04:46.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,said the Japanese strawberry farmer\Nof Watsonville had nothing to do
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.08,0:04:48.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the attack on Pearl Harbour.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.78,0:04:54.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did you know that there were 158,000\NJapanese and Japanese-Americans
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.19,0:04:58.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,living in the territory of Hawaii -\Nit wasn't a state yet -
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.44,0:05:02.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who were not incarcerated, \Nwith the exception of about 2,000.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.68,0:05:05.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're in the war zone.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.46,0:05:10.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, they needed the Japanese\Nand Japanese-Americans in Hawaii
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.56,0:05:12.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to run the economy of Hawaii.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.49,0:05:17.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were the plurality,\Nthey were 37% of the population -
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.71,0:05:20.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a census was taken in 1940.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.72,0:05:24.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their general Evman said,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.04,0:05:29.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It's not necessary to do this.\NThere is no plan for sabotage."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.60,0:05:34.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We, who were 2,500 miles away\Nfrom the war zone,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.32,0:05:36.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we get incarcerated.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.19,0:05:39.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.24,0:05:44.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have to take you back a little bit\Nin American history.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.26,0:05:49.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The United States Constitution\Nlegalized slavery.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.98,0:05:56.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The U.S. government condoned\Nand practiced racism.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.47,0:06:01.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Naturalization Act in 1790:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.16,0:06:05.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Asians could not become citizens\Nof the United States.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.43,0:06:08.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Cherokee Nation.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.00,0:06:11.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've heard of the trail of tears?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.28,0:06:13.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were forced out of their homes.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.44,0:06:16.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dred Scott decision,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.70,0:06:19.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was a slave,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.03,0:06:21.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even in a free territory.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.34,0:06:26.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was an anti-Irish-Catholic\Nmentality in this country.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.92,0:06:33.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were signs that were printed,\Nand displayed: "No Irish Need Apply."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.06,0:06:39.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.43,0:06:41.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Plessy vs. Ferguson:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.59,0:06:43.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Separate but equal."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.20,0:06:45.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can the separate be equal?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.50,0:06:50.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A. Mitchell Palmer Raids, 1919-1920.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.40,0:06:57.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The communists, and Jews too,\Nwere deported without trial,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.80,0:07:00.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just placed on a ship and shipped out.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.100,0:07:05.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Immigration Act of 1924.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.45,0:07:10.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Japanese could not\Ncome to this country anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.69,0:07:13.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fred Korematsu case.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.12,0:07:19.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our history is a history of racism,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.20,0:07:27.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and discrimination regarding \Nimmigration as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.51,0:07:33.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the early 20th century,\Nit was said in the newspapers -
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.65,0:07:36.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Examiner, The Chronicle,\NThe McClatchy papers, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.76,0:07:39.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sacramento Bee, Fresno Bee,\Nand The Sentinel -
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.25,0:07:42.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the Japanese race is an alien race
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.58,0:07:45.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which can never be assimilated\Ninto the American way of life;
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.45,0:07:48.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is nothing of value\Nof Japanese culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.93,0:07:53.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nothing of value.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.68,0:07:57.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How many of you have eaten sushi?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.30,0:07:58.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Chuckling)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.16,0:08:00.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh yeah, sushi's good for you.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.01,0:08:02.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What about bonsai?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.98,0:08:04.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ikebana flower arranging?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.97,0:08:06.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Origami?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.26,0:08:08.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wax on, wax off?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.85,0:08:09.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Chuckling)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.93,0:08:11.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Karate?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.20,0:08:13.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ah,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.36,0:08:15.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Japanese culture is rich.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.25,0:08:21.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so many enjoy participating \Nin Japanese culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.37,0:08:26.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To make sure the Japanese did not\Nassimilate into this country,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.89,0:08:28.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,laws were passed.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.31,0:08:31.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Asians could not own property,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.21,0:08:32.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,marry whites,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.12,0:08:36.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,become citizens of the United States.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.98,0:08:40.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After the attack on Pearl Harbour,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.97,0:08:43.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,December 7th, 1941.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.78,0:08:46.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John L. DeWitt,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.66,0:08:52.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,commander of the Western Fourth Army,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.64,0:08:55.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the Presidio of San Francisco,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.12,0:08:59.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had the ear of the President\Nof the United States.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.33,0:09:00.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.06,0:09:02.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"A Jap's a Jap.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.99,0:09:06.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It makes no difference\Nwhether that Jap is a citizen or not."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.41,0:09:13.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,J. Edgar Hoover said: "Mr. President,\Nwe don't need to do this."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.10,0:09:17.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Francis Biddle, who was\Nthe Attorney General at the time, said:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.57,0:09:20.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Mr. President, I don't think\Nwe can do this."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.54,0:09:22.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were no ...
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.100,0:09:27.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lawsuits filed on our behalf.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.92,0:09:37.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Executive Order 9066\Nwas passed 75 years ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.83,0:09:44.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, there was one group, nationally,\None group, that supported us:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.33,0:09:45.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The American Quakers,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.77,0:09:47.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the American friends.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.36,0:09:50.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were the only ones.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.31,0:09:54.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nationally, not even\Nthe ACLU supported us.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.38,0:09:59.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Locally,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.84,0:10:01.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,luckily, we had some friends.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.23,0:10:05.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,City attorney of Watsonville,\NJohn McCarthy,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.71,0:10:08.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our police chief, Matt Graves,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.35,0:10:11.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,school teachers, public school teachers,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.74,0:10:13.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and many others supported us.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.15,0:10:14.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know -
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.67,0:10:16.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The reward?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.04,0:10:19.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were called "Jap Lovers"\Nfor supporting us.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.77,0:10:25.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They had their homes and cars vandalized.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.22,0:10:31.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they were among the very first\Nto welcome us back.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.93,0:10:34.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had some very dear friends.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.36,0:10:38.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 1942,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.30,0:10:42.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our homes were searched,\Nwithout search warrants.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.71,0:10:45.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The FBI came into our homes -
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.86,0:10:48.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they got the information\Nfrom the Bureau of the Census.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.88,0:10:51.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Bureau of the Census\Nis not supposed to do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.74,0:10:53.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were hacked.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.55,0:10:59.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were no trials,\Nexcept for four people.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.60,0:11:04.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But for the rest of us, we had no charges,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.40,0:11:06.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no attorneys,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.29,0:11:09.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no due process of law.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.25,0:11:19.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This, the Constitution\Nof the United States,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.91,0:11:22.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ceased to exist for us.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.81,0:11:31.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were ten major camps,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.91,0:11:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and from the camps,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.00,0:11:39.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our men and women volunteered to serve\Nin the United States Armed Forces.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.50,0:11:45.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The men, many of them were\Nin the 100th/442nd Regimental Combat Team,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.83,0:11:50.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the most decorated army unit\Nfor its size and length of service.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.63,0:11:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My two brothers were in the MIS,\NMilitary Intelligence Service,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.00,0:12:00.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they could read\Nand write Japanese.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.70,0:12:04.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They went to Japanese school\Nafter high school each day.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.84,0:12:08.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They fought against the Japanese.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.80,0:12:15.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We used the Japanese language\Nas a weapon against the Japanese.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.67,0:12:19.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The MIS
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.09,0:12:22.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stayed after the war,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.93,0:12:26.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the restoration,\Noccupation restoration of Japan.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.65,0:12:35.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their service during the war saved\Ncountless American and Japanese lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.87,0:12:39.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is estimated that it shortened\Nthe war by two years.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.62,0:12:47.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Congress formally acknowledged the work
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.57,0:12:55.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the 100th/442nd and MIS\Nwith a Congressional Gold Medal.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.12,0:12:57.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're grateful.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.65,0:13:01.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our forced removal
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.90,0:13:04.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was illegal.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.39,0:13:05.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.67,0:13:08.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.03,0:13:12.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.28,0:13:15.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's legal.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.32,0:13:22.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The government of United States\Ncan evict anyone from their homes,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.68,0:13:27.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if under the guise of\N"military necessity."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.78,0:13:31.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, we won't use that term.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.46,0:13:34.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'll use the term "national security."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.17,0:13:44.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Congress and the president apologized\Nfor our wartime experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.40,0:13:52.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Civil Liberties Act\Nwas passed on August 10th, 1988.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.10,0:13:55.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have an official apology.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.13,0:13:56.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.47,0:13:58.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the 120,000,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.29,0:14:03.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the government expected\N60,000 to have died,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.07,0:14:05.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and 60,000 were still alive.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.76,0:14:08.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we fooled them.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.38,0:14:11.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,80,000 of us were still alive.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.31,0:14:14.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, sushi is good for you.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.32,0:14:16.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.13,0:14:18.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's only one race.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:19.97,0:14:21.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the human race.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.82,0:14:28.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are those who wish\Nto classify us, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.12,0:14:31.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, you're Caucasian American,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.25,0:14:32.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're Asian American,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.56,0:14:34.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're Hispanic American,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.14,0:14:38.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or Black American."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.92,0:14:41.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's only one race.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.86,0:14:44.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know dogs?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:45.40,0:14:48.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We call them German Shepards,\NFrench Poodles, and Chihuahuas.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:48.82,0:14:51.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They go to anybody, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.20,0:14:53.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're color-blind.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.93,0:14:58.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wish humans were color-blind.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.76,0:15:00.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Sigh)
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.37,0:15:04.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, the present administration
Dialogue: 0,0:15:05.36,0:15:09.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is constantly issuing\Nnew executive orders and policies
Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.54,0:15:11.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,regarding immigration,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.89,0:15:14.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,contrary to the spirit of America.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.95,0:15:17.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fortunately,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.15,0:15:19.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.54,0:15:23.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have the Southern Poverty Law Center,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.99,0:15:26.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the American Civil Liberties Union.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:26.72,0:15:28.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have so many groups,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:29.48,0:15:31.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and individuals,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:31.57,0:15:36.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,supporting what really is of true America,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.69,0:15:40.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something we didn't see in 1942.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.88,0:15:43.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Will it happen again?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:46.12,0:15:47.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Memory is short.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:50.89,0:15:54.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, not under the guise\Nof military necessity, no.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:54.26,0:15:56.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So who's the biggest threat?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:59.61,0:16:06.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some suspect it will be\Nthe reporters and producers of fake news.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:07.50,0:16:10.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't have to be\Nan individual or a group,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:10.43,0:16:12.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a national group or a racial group.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.21,0:16:17.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It could be an occupation.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.18,0:16:22.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The days of Walter Cronkite,\Nthe conscious of America, are long gone.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:23.54,0:16:25.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now we have the internet,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:26.06,0:16:28.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,radio talk show hosts,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:28.97,0:16:31.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TV commentators.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:33.01,0:16:37.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm grateful to be living here\Nin Santa Cruz County,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:37.94,0:16:40.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the second most \Niberal county in the nation.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:42.68,0:16:46.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, if you know\Nthe history of Santa Cruz city,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:46.09,0:16:48.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it wasn't always that way.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:49.01,0:16:52.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, minorities were not\Nwelcome in Santa Cruz.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:53.44,0:16:56.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Growing up, I didn't come\Nto Santa Cruz very often.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:59.26,0:17:00.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that all changed.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:01.88,0:17:03.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:03.55,0:17:05.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thanks to Cabrillo College,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:09.81,0:17:12.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and University of California\Nat Santa Cruz.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:12.51,0:17:14.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The intelligentsia came,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:15.72,0:17:17.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it changed the whole county.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:17.54,0:17:22.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, this is the most wonderful place\Nin the whole world to live.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:22.73,0:17:24.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I kid you not.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:26.07,0:17:27.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gordon Hirabayashi.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:28.37,0:17:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was a student\Nat the University of Washington,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:31.00,0:17:32.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a Quaker.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:32.28,0:17:33.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was arrested,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:33.94,0:17:35.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,convicted,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:36.58,0:17:38.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,imprisoned.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:39.25,0:17:45.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The prosecuting attorneys\Nlied to the judges.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:48.61,0:17:50.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, he spent some time.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:50.12,0:17:53.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, his conviction was vacated.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:53.06,0:17:54.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not overturned, vacated.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:56.24,0:17:57.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gordon Hirabayashi said,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:59.11,0:18:01.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Ancestry is not a crime."
Dialogue: 0,0:18:03.60,0:18:08.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, we would add,\N"Islam is not a crime."
Dialogue: 0,0:18:11.68,0:18:14.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With our newfound energy,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:15.36,0:18:17.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have a lot of work to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:17.84,0:18:21.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know those, there was\Na gentlemen who lived not too far
Dialogue: 0,0:18:21.34,0:18:23.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from Charlottesville, Virginia,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:23.84,0:18:25.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at a place called Monticello.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:26.65,0:18:28.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thomas Jefferson,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:29.04,0:18:32.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Eternal vigilance is a price of liberty."
Dialogue: 0,0:18:33.60,0:18:36.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's up to us, all of us,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:37.08,0:18:41.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to work in peace,\Nand harmony, compassion,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:41.08,0:18:43.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to overcome hate and bigotry.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:43.72,0:18:45.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we can do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:46.76,0:18:48.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:48.23,0:18:49.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)