[Hugin]

The idea that President-elect Trump intends to resurrect the infamous and quite decidedly racist “internment camps” established for Japanese-American citizens in 1942.

I don't doubt race was a factor, but was it "quite decidedly racist"? I would say it was as much about traditional Japanese culture as the color of their skin. From what little the average American knew about it, the biggest thing was the Japanese worship of their ancestors and the Emperor. Nobody knew if that was true for Japanese born here, and it was a risk nobody wanted to take.

[fr_freak]

I don't doubt race was a factor, but was it "quite decidedly racist"?

Most people don't realize we also interned some German- and Italian-Americans during WWII.

http://www.thc.texas.gov/preserve/projects-and-programs/military-history/texas-world-war-ii/japanese-german-and-italian