At DOR this year, NCRR was the featured group to be honored. Kathy Masaoka who is the co-chair of NCRR stood up and explained that a few days after 911 she was listening to the radio when she heard a Muslim woman call in saying she was afraid to leave her house, she was absolutely gripped in fear of what might happen and that the government might even take steps to try to deport them or round them up. Indeed, MANY were rounded up at the time and jailed.
At that point Kathy and others called a meeting and formed the 911 committee to reach out to the Arab/Muslim community in solidarity of what they were going through because that same hysteria happened after Pearl Harbor. You must remember the hysteria then after 911 and which still goes on now, you should know, you are one of those who carry on yourself. But this partnership between the Japanese and Muslims isn’t just taking place in LA, it’s happening in many other cities as well.

BTW, each Japanese/American citizen who was interred was issued a check for $20,000 with the signing by President Reagan of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988.

If you would like to learn more, it’s wiki, but it is well written and concise
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_
American_internment

And FYI, the US government also kidnapped 2400 Japanese Peruvians FROM Peru and brought them here to the US and placed them at Crystal City, Texas concentration camp.. Some of these kidnapped Peruvians were taken out to sea on a boat and traded for our own POWs and then taken to Japan where they were NOT citizens. I know one man who was only three years old. He and his parents were kidnapped from Peru, and brought here. Then both parents were taken away to be traded. He grew up in the camp being taken care of by others. After the war, these Japanese PERUVIANS were released with no passports, no money, no ANYTHING. They also sued for redress but only got checks for $5000. Just google Japanese Latin Americans kidnapped by the US and learn more.
These were PERUVIAN Japanese.

Why? We haven’t pout Arabs/Muslims in interment camps.

So although this post was about a historical partnership of sorts, let it be known, that there is a solidarity NOW between many in the Japanese community and Arabs/Muslims.

Hope some people reading here are interested.

Actually, it seems you pulled all of that out of your ass:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan

With the break-up of the Ottoman Empire at the end of World War I, the League of Nations created the French Mandate of Syria and British Mandate Palestine. Approximately 90% of the British Mandate of Palestine was east of the Jordan river and was known as “Transjordan”. In 1921, the British gave semi-autonomous control of Transjordan to the future King Abdullah I of Jordan, of the Hashemite family. Abdullah I continued to rule until a Palestinian Arab assassinated him in 1951 on the steps of the Mosque of Omar. At first he ruled “Transjordan”, under British supervision until after World War II. In 1946, the British requested that the United Nations approve an end to British Mandate rule in Transjordan. Following this approval, the Jordanian Parliament proclaimed King Abdullah as the first ruler of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

“Jordan” was created as an independent state in 1946.

“Transjordan” was a semi-autonomous part of the Mandate of Palestine in 1921. It was neither a state, nor was it named Jordan, at that time. Good effort though. Actually, not so much. Where did you go to school? Harvard?

My country isn’t occupying either

And living ia a refugee camp in Jordan does not count as having a state, asshole.

But when 70% plus of “Jordanians” are actually Palestinian, that actually DOES count as having a state, asshole.

They already do, and they’ll will have it back eventually.

So, they already do, but actually they don’t? Nice job on the contradiction Einstein. Oh, wait. Einstein was a Jew. What is the name of the smartest Palestinian who ever lived? Yassir Arafat? Hmmm… that doesn’t really work, does it?

According to who? Jordan is a state since 1921. That’s 27 years before Israel, you idiot.

Oh. I see. If it takes less than 100 years to establish a historical “nation”, then logically an historical “nation” like Palestine can cease to exist in the same amount of time, right? So Palestinians don’t actually need a country named “Palestine” do they? And we don’t need to call them Palestinians anymore, right? We can just call them Jordanian. Nice job on the logic, buddy. Did you just wake up? You might wanna try drinking a cup of coffee or two before commenting next time. Or, just dispense the insults without bothering to try making sense.

Jordan and Palestine are sole twins. BY occupying one you’re occcupying the other. And living ia a refugee camp in Jordan does not count as having a state, asshole.

“Is it so important they have one called “Palestine”?”

They already do, and they’ll will have it back eventually.

“Jordan is not a historically valid name…”

According to who? Jordan is a state since 1921. That’s 27 years before Israel, you idiot.

Oh. OK, then. So what’s all your activism about, if you don’t think you need to convince anyone Palestinians deserve their own state? And do you think any dirtbag who wants self-determination should have it? By the way, Palestinians already had a state, in 1948. For about 20 minutes. Palestinians also have their own state, in Jordan, do they not? Is it so important they have one called “Palestine”? Why not just rename Jordan to “Palestine”, then? Jordan is not a historically valid name, anyway.

I know some Marines. They’re not as big of douche bags as you are. They do grunt a lot, though… I guess you’re soiling their reputation TOO much.

Safiyyah, I hate to break it to you, but getting banged by a Marine you met in a bar doesn’t count as “knowing” him except in a biblical sense

I know some Marines. They’re not as big of douche bags as you are. They do grunt a lot, though… I guess you’re soiling their reputation TOO much.