Racism and America’s Concentration Camps | Mas Hashimoto | TEDxMeritAcademy

  Рет қаралды 122,161

TEDx Talks

TEDx Talks

6 жыл бұрын

Remember when the American government unjustly incarcerated 120,000 persons of Japanese ancestry, most of whom were American citizens, during WWII? Mas Hashimoto will compare how Japanese American incarceration during WWII and the massive discrimination of Muslims post 9-11 are both founded in hate and racism. Learn how “Make America Great Again” really translates to “Make America White Again.” Learn about what you can do to stop this form of racism and take active steps to protect everyone’s civil and human rights. Mas Hashimoto was a child when his family was taken from their Watsonville home in 1942. He was sent to a federal prisoner of war camp during WWII because of racism, war hysteria, and political leadership failure. Mas taught US History in the Pajaro Valley Unified School District until his retirement. He speaks to groups of students about the wartime experience of Japanese Americans during WWII to ensure that this injustice never repeats itself again. Mas also headed the Re-enactment of the Incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII: “Liberty Lost; Lessons in Loyalty” in 2002, and serves on the Board of Directors of the Watsonville-Santa Cruz chapter Japanese American Citizens League. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

Пікірлер: 435
@ArminArlert8312876649
@ArminArlert8312876649 4 жыл бұрын
I remember him coming to my school and giving everyone a tag. We were so confused at first but, when he took his tag out, we all fell silent. I will never forget the day I got to shake his hand.
@bastardhapa8238
@bastardhapa8238 3 жыл бұрын
@Jaime Alonzo the one he showed you in the beginning of the video, Baka.
@rafaelismael7928
@rafaelismael7928 2 жыл бұрын
you all prolly dont give a damn but does anybody know a method to log back into an instagram account? I somehow forgot the account password. I would love any help you can give me!
@aronkovacs1386
@aronkovacs1386 4 жыл бұрын
It's a good thing he pointed out that "national security" is a buzzword that seems to justify anything controversial.
@plagueimagination2510
@plagueimagination2510 4 жыл бұрын
"There is only one race, the human race" I really wish more people would understand this.
@alinjie4724
@alinjie4724 4 жыл бұрын
PlaguE ImaginatioN if the schools teach and not indoctrinate there’ll be less hate,ignorance and inhumanity
@rococokitchen3988
@rococokitchen3988 4 жыл бұрын
there's no such a thing as "human race"...have you ever attended any classes in biology? there's human species, but no one has ever heard of "human race", the fake expression coined to brainwash those that don't have more than three brain cells.
@verycaring2387
@verycaring2387 4 жыл бұрын
EXACTLY....AND SHARE THAT PERFECTION.☝💜
@michaelweber5702
@michaelweber5702 4 жыл бұрын
@@rococokitchen3988 Wrong , we are all members of the human RACE...
@rococokitchen3988
@rococokitchen3988 4 жыл бұрын
​@@michaelweber5702 try to sell that cheap rubbish to someone else...if you are brainwashed or paid by some NGO to spread that s***t than that's your problem...
@patttakeuchi2807
@patttakeuchi2807 5 жыл бұрын
Mas Hashimoto is an American living treasure. His knowledge of American History is amazing. Thanks Mas.
@09939027253
@09939027253 4 жыл бұрын
How do Japanese treat Africans in their own country?
@timhallas4275
@timhallas4275 4 жыл бұрын
@@09939027253 They don't want to talk about Japanese racism. That will spoil the whole "blame it all on the white man" party.
@doctormcgoveran2194
@doctormcgoveran2194 4 жыл бұрын
is there some way he could go back to japan and help with fukishima?
@yuukikang3752
@yuukikang3752 4 жыл бұрын
@@timhallas4275 We talk about our racism, and we realise our racism, our government just does not want to admit it.
@timhallas4275
@timhallas4275 4 жыл бұрын
@@yuukikang3752 Have you ever met a person who DIDN'T think his race was superior to the others?
@maresae
@maresae 4 жыл бұрын
The way he kinda goes, "hmm" between thoughts reminds me of Yoda. I think he deserves the comparison. So wise! Would love to take his class. This is so important!
@johnpaulingress6012
@johnpaulingress6012 4 жыл бұрын
You realize yoda is a puppet, yes?
@diabeticalien3584
@diabeticalien3584 4 жыл бұрын
Me too! I thought I was the only who noticed XD
@haxsvg9372
@haxsvg9372 4 жыл бұрын
JohnPaul Ingress Well obviously in reality he was a puppet made for a movie back before there was much more advanced technology and CGI, she says this because he’s a wise character, besides she’s only drawing a comparison.
@elspethgraham9531
@elspethgraham9531 4 жыл бұрын
This is a good man. I don't know what his career is/was, but he should be a history teacher.
@thedefinitionoflife9192
@thedefinitionoflife9192 4 жыл бұрын
I beg to disagree for there are two sides to this story.
@chuckwatson5811
@chuckwatson5811 4 жыл бұрын
Mas Hashimoto was a history teacher at Watsonville HS for many years. He was my history teacher my junior year.
@diabeticalien3584
@diabeticalien3584 3 жыл бұрын
@@thedefinitionoflife9192 Ok and why is that a reason to not let him be a history teacher? Just because he says something you disagree with him, he shouldn't be allowed to express his story?
@thedefinitionoflife9192
@thedefinitionoflife9192 3 жыл бұрын
@@diabeticalien3584 Because your only showing one side of the story. The students should be shown both points of view and then make up their minds on their own. Everyone should be able to think for themselves. You should always be able to think for yourself.
@earlwatts6073
@earlwatts6073 3 жыл бұрын
@@thedefinitionoflife9192 You are correct, everyone should always be able to think for themselves. In this case though, this part of American history is rarely taught in our secondary education system here in the US and in most colleges students are only required to take a survey course for US History if they are not minoring or majoring in history. So, by all means, lets present both sides of the Japanese internment story - looking at the orders signed by FDR and the oral history by someone who was there. The lets present both sides of view is valid at times but not all the time and it is used far too often to detract from injustices done, usually to a minority group living within a society where they are marginalized.
@langemarie4493
@langemarie4493 4 жыл бұрын
Oh my gosh what a great man I am moved I didn't know know I am French.Thank you Sir.
@camillethepanther1760
@camillethepanther1760 4 жыл бұрын
Oui oui
@infoanalysis
@infoanalysis 4 жыл бұрын
Quakers-- some of the finest colleges. The Quakers were the first to pass antislavery laws in their state of Pennsylvania.
@maryshaffer8474
@maryshaffer8474 3 жыл бұрын
That's progressive. Jehovah's Witnesses were in camps and prisons in every Allied and Axis country if they weren't murdered out right. Simply for refusing to take up weapon s against others or work in an industry to assist war effort.
@marcianobuyama2650
@marcianobuyama2650 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your talk, my family on my dads side (grandpa and grandma and several of my sunts and uncles were born in camp) were forced into internment camps. I dont know much about my family's history so I came here to hear your story. Thank you
@bastardhapa8238
@bastardhapa8238 3 жыл бұрын
That is because in our culture we have a terrible saying called "Shi kata ja nai". It means "There's nothing you can do". Our grandparents were so ashamed of their experience, that they were treated this way, that all they wanted to do put it behind them and move on. For many of my friends, when they asked about our history during this time this what their Ji-chan's and Ba-chan's would say, rather harshly and was followed by a seat to the head. Being from the Bay Area in California and growing up in the shadow of UC Berkeley, with somewhat politically active parents, I was lucky enough not to have had this be the pervasive thought in my family. The silence is damaging in so many ways. It not only robs us, the younger generations of our own history, but dulls our senses when we observe the racial injustices we observe against ourselves and others, and makes us less likely to speak up and be heard. If your interested, you should read And Justice For All by John Tateishi and the although they geared toward younger people the works if Yoshiko Uchida are amazing. Yoroshiku onegai shimasu
@wadegoodwin6773
@wadegoodwin6773 4 жыл бұрын
Wow, what a powerful story that needed to be told. Wade Goodwin, The FAIR Digest, Cape Town, South Africa
@tylerv9655
@tylerv9655 5 жыл бұрын
"So many enjoy being a part of Japanese culture" >Weeaboos
@charlesthegreati9794
@charlesthegreati9794 4 жыл бұрын
Yes sir?
@tacocatt6808
@tacocatt6808 4 жыл бұрын
Boat Master excuse me, I’m an otaku. Get your facts straight. Ugh.
@mrmaniac3
@mrmaniac3 4 жыл бұрын
@@tacocatt6808 more like a taco
@Enuelle
@Enuelle 4 жыл бұрын
Yakuza too and Nintendo, I forgot those.
@divine.j
@divine.j 3 жыл бұрын
I Love this man💖 He is a good speaker and his laugh is cute. God bless him.
@anitahamlin2411
@anitahamlin2411 4 жыл бұрын
The United States has a history which proves that freedom isn't free! Where people are born or the color of their skin makes all the difference. It can happen again, and on a small level is happening to some of those fleeing oppression and poverty in their home lands trying to make a better life here. Unless you are native American we are a nation of immigrants! so thankful Mr. Hashimoto shared this story. May we never forget!
@alreadyblack3341
@alreadyblack3341 4 жыл бұрын
No, I am native. I was born here in Texas, I am a second generation American descending from Mexico. You can flee oppression and Poverty legally.
@curlyfry3049
@curlyfry3049 4 жыл бұрын
@Charles Crandall Then according to your logic, don't get angry when all these illegal immigrants from Mexico & central america come here and conquer because if they are trying to invade and conquer ... they are doing it a lot more peacefully than europeans did.
@pg-l4469
@pg-l4469 4 жыл бұрын
And this same thing happened in Canada at the same time
@lvigilful
@lvigilful 4 жыл бұрын
What a sad, but important, story. Us humans have a long way to go. 😞
@rococokitchen3988
@rococokitchen3988 4 жыл бұрын
and especially Japanese and other Asians...the worst racists I've ever seen in my life!
@francescarompal6381
@francescarompal6381 4 жыл бұрын
"I wish humans were color blind" 14:55 POWERFUL!
@BrendaCawaling
@BrendaCawaling 2 ай бұрын
I was lucky enough to have Mr. Hashimoto as my high school history teacher at Watsonville High in the 1970’s😊
@birdyelke775
@birdyelke775 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing, the Man, was signing as he retold his history. unfortunately the world too busy in ignorance and history repeat itself...
@ShamrockShylock
@ShamrockShylock 4 жыл бұрын
6:27 dude thank you no one ever mentions the Irish!
@Dreadboi1990
@Dreadboi1990 4 жыл бұрын
Because the Irish isn't currently oppressed.
@ShamrockShylock
@ShamrockShylock 4 жыл бұрын
@@Dreadboi1990 lol, so only things that are currently happening are relevant? Good to know!
@ravenclawrules4640
@ravenclawrules4640 4 жыл бұрын
Chris Russell ...blacks
@druwood1
@druwood1 4 жыл бұрын
@@ravenclawrules4640 Some people cant accept the truth bruh
@imahmoudali
@imahmoudali 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for speaking the truth!
@eetaishwartz9692
@eetaishwartz9692 2 жыл бұрын
shout out UCSC thank you for a great talk Mr Hashimoto
@followerofeir
@followerofeir 4 жыл бұрын
the comment section of this video proves his point. this is a cesspool.
@emericdion
@emericdion 5 жыл бұрын
Wtf 1k views only everyone share
@williammckenzi5885
@williammckenzi5885 3 жыл бұрын
Doesn’t fit the agenda
@blancherayford8740
@blancherayford8740 4 жыл бұрын
Everyone in America today needs to see this RIGHT NOW!
@alreadyblack3341
@alreadyblack3341 4 жыл бұрын
I have. Wasn't worth the time. Something I haven't had shoved down my throat since 10th grade please?
@TheJeff555
@TheJeff555 4 жыл бұрын
“Their is only one race, thats the human race”
@crazando
@crazando 4 жыл бұрын
Humans are very different and we don't all have the same genetics so no. also, human race would be wrong to say because a race is an ethnic group and homosapiens are a species and not a race. A race is a group of people with similar genetics etc.
@theroach5478
@theroach5478 4 жыл бұрын
WhAT abOUt NasCAR
@rococokitchen3988
@rococokitchen3988 4 жыл бұрын
there's no such a thins as "human race"...go back to do some elementary biology, before spreading some BSs...
@maryannerussell6203
@maryannerussell6203 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for telling me things I’ve never heard before 😍
@solomonjohnson2628
@solomonjohnson2628 4 жыл бұрын
Not to be exalted....i respect this man's knowledge but the profound wisdom that's being espoused by the commenters, I ask where is it? It is the words n meanings we humans have applied to things that gives rise to circumstances that affects us whether positively or negatively....why human race when race as a meaning suggests competitions n why not just humanity where human unity is being expressed....why become color blind when we have eyes to see n why not see the beauty of a colorful World? Do we look at the flowers of the garden n not see the beauty each provides or do we become color blind to such....a just de vision
@r.h.f.6073
@r.h.f.6073 4 жыл бұрын
the human race is very diverse physically and culturally. i think it's beautiful to appreciate the uniqueness of all the different people on earth but that is very different from believing in race. the unscientific idea of race was created to divide humans into sections with clear boundaries, and to place different value on people according to which category they fit into. we now understand that these boundaries don't actually exist. where would you even put these boundaries? Where geographically does one 'race' end and another begin? Italians and Spaniards are technically 'white' but generally have darker skin and hair than northern Europeans, are we to put the boundary there? But Spaniards in the south of Spain and Moroccans in the North of Morocco look similar, so do we move the boundary further? You see genetic diversity is something that is useless to classify. Any given person in the world has ancestors from all over the place, people from everywhere have been moving around and having children with each other for 10's of 1000's of years so if there ever was such a thing as race it is now long gone. Also, there is more genetic diversity in Africa alone than in the rest of the world combined, which entirely invalidates 'race' as a concept. Soon there will be no division at all, we will have extremely similar distributions of genes across the whole world.
@bastardhapa8238
@bastardhapa8238 3 жыл бұрын
What beautiful and elegant way to describe willful-ignorance. Someone, not me, but someone should very proud of you.
@rezier386
@rezier386 Ай бұрын
13:13 The anger in his eyes says a thousand words.
@larryhuang7074
@larryhuang7074 4 жыл бұрын
Are we going to be able to prevent the same thing in the future?
@vi0let831
@vi0let831 4 жыл бұрын
Such a sweet old man... His voice is just so adorable to me for some reason, especially the noises he makes occasionally lol (idk, I'm weird)
@misterlyle.
@misterlyle. 4 жыл бұрын
Racism, oppression and various problems in the United States do persist, but have never been universal. In every example of such ignorance, barbaric thinking or twisted policy-making, others have moved to educate, challenge, and establish reforms. The work isn't finished, but it is abundantly clear that the citizens of America in general are an enlightened, informed, and compassionate people.
@senoraisla
@senoraisla 4 жыл бұрын
Some. Not all.
@frogsmoker714
@frogsmoker714 4 жыл бұрын
@@senoraisla That's what "in general" means.
@sage4nowty129
@sage4nowty129 4 жыл бұрын
Very true!
@tomlopez6042
@tomlopez6042 4 жыл бұрын
Same goes for most places, if not all
@misterlyle.
@misterlyle. 4 жыл бұрын
@Jaime Alonzo Thank you for your question, Jaime. I was primarily referring to people in the United States in that statement. I am not sufficiently familiar with racism and oppression in Central, South and other parts of North America to make such a statement about those places.
@loridaniels4504
@loridaniels4504 4 жыл бұрын
This is why our representive statues and places should not be destroyed.we need to look long and hard at the mistakes of our past and learn from the horrible mistakes we made!
@JoeBattle3928
@JoeBattle3928 4 жыл бұрын
Statues created 90 years later are there to reinforce, not instruct. Graveyards and spot memorials are the most effective places to internalize our "mistakes". Museums that one can choose to visit as opposed to things in the public square that one cannot avoid. Naming schools, roads, and landmarks after supremacists is not necessary, either.
@michaelweber5702
@michaelweber5702 4 жыл бұрын
Lori - yes
@yvonnefalduti5221
@yvonnefalduti5221 Жыл бұрын
💯
@gypsylake2238
@gypsylake2238 4 жыл бұрын
It is very painful. I share the experience in that the constitution does not work for me either and that I have no lawyer nor is there a case pending in any court nor does the American Civil Liberties Union support me. It is painful to be dehumanized for any reason. I feel very bad for the cruel and inhuman history of the U.S. Perhaps the tide will change and a human evolution of heart will happen and people will fall in love with love again and set on the road to becoming more human.
@bastardhapa8238
@bastardhapa8238 3 жыл бұрын
What is happening to you? There are groups like The Freedom Project that may be able to help.
@donalain69
@donalain69 3 жыл бұрын
He made me cry... didn’t cry for 10 years.
@gail235
@gail235 4 жыл бұрын
Great TED talk Academy speech!! Good information I wish everyone could hear the message. Makes one think... Where we’ve been, where we are currently and where we’re going as a nation. Disagree on only one point. The best place to live in the world is Sugar land Texas!😊
@gregorypostell901
@gregorypostell901 4 жыл бұрын
For who GERMATIC CAUCASIANS......?
@jacksonfield3265
@jacksonfield3265 3 жыл бұрын
i just wanna hug him omg
@DIRKDIGG88
@DIRKDIGG88 4 жыл бұрын
Nothing has really changed
@senoraisla
@senoraisla 4 жыл бұрын
It is changing in 1 or 2 decades white people will be outnumbered
@josieferraris2553
@josieferraris2553 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing your honest story with us. Racial discrimination will remain a constant. Laws are the only protection when it does happen. And it will! If not already happening today. Schools, medical insurance freely operate with discriminating act with impunity. I can prove this and the zero response to outreach for help. The discrepancy .issue is with 'humanity' itself. No matter one's particular difference from another. Humanity and justice are at the front lines to this increasingly denial of war.
@codered5431
@codered5431 4 жыл бұрын
Thank u sir. Great video.
@Jay-ee8od
@Jay-ee8od 4 жыл бұрын
History repeats itself.
@Vitriolblog
@Vitriolblog Жыл бұрын
Probably the greatest problem with social justice and understanding why racism, prejudice and conflict persist in human society is that those who need to understand the most will never perform the work to learn how to prevent history repeating.
@FerdausAlAmin
@FerdausAlAmin 2 жыл бұрын
Great talk.. inspiring to listen to.. but We, Bengali people, serving the West Pakistan Govt. department faced similar or worse situation. In 1971 on March 26, the Pakistani Army cracked down on the civilian population of the then East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). This led to the "Liberation War for Bangladesh" which resulted in the birth of Bangladesh (for Bengali people of Eastern region).as My father was serving in the Pakistan Army and stationed in C.M.H. Muzaffarabad, which Pakistan calls "Azad Kashmir". In 1972 my father was given the option to stay in Pakistan (then West Pakistan) or return to his homeland (newly independent Bangladesh). He naturally opted for Bangladesh (as we were from Bangladesh region). So did majority of the Bengali people serving in the Pakistan defence who had their parents and relations living in the newly independent nation of Bangladesh. Because of my father's choice to return to the country of his birth, we and other Bengali Officers' families were huddled up to be put into camps. Initially an open ended camp (in our case near Murree, a place called Barian, 7,000 feet high, biting cold in winter). Later we were put in barbed wire camps like that of PoWs camp in Chakdawlat near Jhelum. Can we, as children of that period, file for reparation with th U.N. for all the injustice and damages we faced in 1972 ~ '73?
@wozmac771
@wozmac771 4 жыл бұрын
Amazing! Excellent and factual speech. Also, I would like to know one country who didn't or still doesn't practice racism.
@wozmac771
@wozmac771 4 жыл бұрын
@Charles Crandall I like your optimism. I agree 100% about the religion. But I am generalizing, apologies. Racism I believe is anything with which you make others' feel less than themselves. But thx for your feedback..
@bastardhapa8238
@bastardhapa8238 3 жыл бұрын
When you find it let me know.
@AceTriggerz
@AceTriggerz 4 жыл бұрын
He said that dogs are colour blind. That is false. I mean I get it was for effect, but it is false. Rather dogs love humans despite not being colourblind, which to me, is way more amazing. I wish humans could love each other regardless of physical traits.
@frogsmoker714
@frogsmoker714 4 жыл бұрын
How do you know dogs are not colourblind?
@alreadyblack3341
@alreadyblack3341 4 жыл бұрын
@Char Aznable *ROBLOX DEATH SOUND*
@brandonfakenamejohnston8105
@brandonfakenamejohnston8105 2 жыл бұрын
I knew about 30% of what he said, but this is a perfect chronicle of our countrys deep rooted racism.
@jascatt3341
@jascatt3341 3 жыл бұрын
I live in Idaho and come to think of it there is not a lot of Asian Americans here but I feel they sure would be welcomed also I have to add I grew up in Oregon and I’m a truck driver in my route for many years was Portland to Seattle there is a lot of Asian I believe that Idaho is open to all comers.
@MWoods-rs4wp
@MWoods-rs4wp 4 жыл бұрын
So, as with all, it’s Don’t judge others as we judge others. Only the good things, and if there aren’t any, make them up.
@ChrizzeyChreyBeatoli
@ChrizzeyChreyBeatoli 4 жыл бұрын
The Terror - Infamy...that's how I learnt about how it went down few days ago.
@larryfulkerson4505
@larryfulkerson4505 4 жыл бұрын
After hearing his talk I'm ashamed to be a human being.
@shnlj5910
@shnlj5910 4 жыл бұрын
Ashamed of what? Did you put anyone in a concentration camp? It makes no sense to be ashamed of or to take pride in accomplishments that are not your own.
@shnlj5910
@shnlj5910 4 жыл бұрын
@Jaime Alonzo What about yours? Conquistador much? I have zero buy to be guilty for things people did not do. Just wanted to make sure you were aware of the plank in your own eye
@rococokitchen3988
@rococokitchen3988 4 жыл бұрын
but, it seems he is not ashamed of being japanese, since he hides so skillfully the massive massacres done by japanese during the ww2...he failed to mention japanese racism which is one of the worst...they never hide how much they hate other asians, especially indians, koreans and chinese...
@Per_fekshen
@Per_fekshen 4 жыл бұрын
Thank *you*. We can do it. We always have to believe we can do it.
@dewy6
@dewy6 4 жыл бұрын
*hi*
@Daniel-nm8oe
@Daniel-nm8oe 3 жыл бұрын
" I wish humans were colorblind, like dogs"
@momoj6832
@momoj6832 4 жыл бұрын
I feel one important thing he didn't mention was that Hawaii was still the Hawaiian Kingdom, and was only annexed by America at that time. I'm not sure about on the main land of the United States, but on the day of the Pearl Harbor attack, martial law was declared before the end of the day and Japanese were already being put into internment camps. The first people in the camps also helped to build/put up the camps. Many more followed the next days. For a place known as "little Japan" it would have been unlikely that they would ever have been able to intern all Japanese on the islands.
@bastardhapa8238
@bastardhapa8238 3 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't call being forced at gunpoint "helping".
@OnyxLee
@OnyxLee 5 жыл бұрын
Why has this video only got 7673 views after over a year?
@richtigerkekko334
@richtigerkekko334 4 жыл бұрын
BECAUSE THE WORLD IS RUN BY AMERICA :)
@richtigerkekko334
@richtigerkekko334 4 жыл бұрын
Germany shouldve won back then :)
@frogsmoker714
@frogsmoker714 4 жыл бұрын
@@richtigerkekko334 I hope you don't live in the USA. If you do, you don't deserve it. Thankless slob.
@coby9282
@coby9282 4 жыл бұрын
@@frogsmoker714 You live in the USA?! Damn, man, i feel sorry for u. Not that its all perfect (not at all) here, but at least we got free education and free health care system for anyone. Lol just thinking of loosing your home because you cant pay the hospital bill of an operation after an accident or something, and that in a western country xD And thank god I will never be shot in a traffic stop by some nervous cop, just cuz i reach for my cell phone in the pocket. Or getting slaughtered in the public cuz every nutjob can buy a gun in the mall. But hey, way you talk "you dont deserve it", you must have really strong feelings for your beloved USA so keep on dreamin´ your dream.
@bastardhapa8238
@bastardhapa8238 3 жыл бұрын
Because it's easier to deny and forget then it is to accept fault, learn and grow. Since those Mexican were just an idea on the drawing board during Obama's administration we, the Japanese-Americans who put there, their children and grandchildren have been trying to tell people that we've done this before and it was a mistake, and it's amazing how little people care and dismiss us saying "but this is different".
@michellemobakeng5938
@michellemobakeng5938 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much to this speaker of Japanese ancestry who presented his view on racism from his perspective. His introduction was on point and shaded one thing or two about people's views on the image of America: white anglo-saxon and male. These are my questions: "Are not American Japanese themselves guilty of 'no show' on TV, in mainstream movies, in the scientific arena, etc. Don't they commit any crime at all, i.e. gruesome murders, drug lords, mass killing, so that they can be in the news? Are there any hero we could look up to, e.g. a social reformer, a motivational speaker, a financial guru? How many are in government? Are they in the army? To be really Americans, wouldn't they need to be seen and not just the Blacks and the Latinos? How much do they participate in the American Dream? I am not from the USA, can somebody answer?
@misterlyle.
@misterlyle. 4 жыл бұрын
Wikipedia has useful information about this in an article that is easy to find: _List of Japanese Americans._ That article includes people in America who are either from Japan, or have parents or relatives who were Japanese. Some of these are quite famous, including the scientist Michio Kaku, the U.S. Senator S.I. Hayakawa, and the _Star Trek_ actor George Takei.
@michellemobakeng5938
@michellemobakeng5938 4 жыл бұрын
@@misterlyle. Will have a look. thanks.
@hansrutzigen754
@hansrutzigen754 3 жыл бұрын
Hawaii was under Marshall Law for the duration of the war.
@kakumee
@kakumee 4 жыл бұрын
Qujanaq !! ( kalaallisut Greenlandic for thank you!!) Thank you mas San!!
@BCSchmerker
@BCSchmerker 3 жыл бұрын
+TEDxTalks *橋本正治 **_Hasimoto Masaharu_** was a minor as of the Imperial Japanese Naval Air Forces' 7 December 1941 Raid on Oahu.* The OMS Oriental Missionary Church and School (Los Ángeles, CA, USA) had an active branch congregation in Alameda County (the current San Lorenzo Holiness) but barely started a mission in Santa Cruz County when E.O.9066 was published.
@moniquemonicat
@moniquemonicat 4 жыл бұрын
Japan, Italy, Germany were enemies of the US. Similar story for Italians during the war. There were also internment camps for Italians, even in California. To prove their allegiance and avoid the camps, many Italians joined the military and fought for the US in WWII and very patriotic for America. This is what my father did.
@_Wai_Wai_
@_Wai_Wai_ 4 жыл бұрын
The scale of incarceration towards Japanese Americans was much larger than for Germans and Italians. 130,000 Japanese Americans versus several thousand German and Italians.
@_Wai_Wai_
@_Wai_Wai_ 4 жыл бұрын
@Un-broken and victorious Enemy factions? these were American citizens. Do you consider people born of a different race and ethnicity to you all enemies?
@_Wai_Wai_
@_Wai_Wai_ 4 жыл бұрын
@Un-broken and victorious Do you also realize the the Japanese American unit that fought for Uncle Sam in the European theater became one of the Most Highly decorated military unit in American history for bravery and self sacrifice?
@dasturschloss8679
@dasturschloss8679 4 жыл бұрын
@Unlucky1819 hmhm yeah, the fascists at that time were known for their love towards socialism.
@hawk0187ify
@hawk0187ify 5 жыл бұрын
Great speech 👍👏
@rococokitchen3988
@rococokitchen3988 4 жыл бұрын
rather cheap and pathetic
@RepTheFam
@RepTheFam 4 жыл бұрын
When he was about to say that there's one race i could feel it, because i believe it and i might've woke up some of my family.
@pal3800
@pal3800 2 жыл бұрын
Ill never forget or my father who tryed for 40 yrs to befriend a family who went though this our nebiours and yet he just couldnt or his family they were so hurt by the usa my father cryed he just couldnt stand what happened when he was a little boy what happened to the Japanese people think about it everyone hated the Japanese and all the kids growing up heard all that hate and didnt want to hate people i cant even think of being told all of a sudden your no longer a usa citizen wow just like that you loss everything done now this is scary let us never forget and never allow it to happen again
@enotj
@enotj 4 жыл бұрын
hes so adorable and strong. he is so inspiring omg
@WordslingingStephen
@WordslingingStephen 4 жыл бұрын
"From Washington, Oregon, and California." Mr. Mas Hashimoto says. You can very easily include British Columbia on that list too.
@WordslingingStephen
@WordslingingStephen 4 жыл бұрын
@Max Smith Yes.
@bastardhapa8238
@bastardhapa8238 3 жыл бұрын
My mother was born in Tule Lake Relocation Camp and both she and I have spent our lives educating about our family's experience and I did not know that there were Canada had them too. Thank you.
@BamBam-ib6qk
@BamBam-ib6qk Жыл бұрын
This is great! Why didn't I see this before!
@tobinakatarx
@tobinakatarx 4 жыл бұрын
We are all humans ,one tribe of many colors ,a rainbow tribe ,The condor Eagle prophecy
@gallowsradio
@gallowsradio 4 жыл бұрын
Ok ,for those who missed what he said, " if you're not a White, Anglo, Saxon, Protestant, you are not! an American. So true...
@waynedavis3488
@waynedavis3488 4 жыл бұрын
not
@vividlybeats6058
@vividlybeats6058 4 жыл бұрын
That's a lie. People separate themselves. Culture separates us not Race.
@fatcatsnuggleparty4272
@fatcatsnuggleparty4272 4 жыл бұрын
@Charles Crandall Everyone knows Irishmen don't exist. Those're just more funny sounding british people.
@michaelweber5702
@michaelweber5702 4 жыл бұрын
Turd - no ,not yrue
@gallowsradio
@gallowsradio 4 жыл бұрын
@@michaelweber5702 yes, yes true...
@orf3064
@orf3064 4 жыл бұрын
what a beautiful soul💖
@justinavosanesdacamemankin7916
@justinavosanesdacamemankin7916 4 жыл бұрын
This is that talk
@tonyneedsjesuschrist
@tonyneedsjesuschrist Жыл бұрын
Mas Hashimoto Died yesterday....Finished his race..10-22-2022 watsonville California
@thelunarsimulationleague
@thelunarsimulationleague 3 жыл бұрын
This guy made a good point
@GuamTippedOver
@GuamTippedOver 4 жыл бұрын
The history of the WORLD is racism not just the UNITED STATES pal. I am sorry for the things you went through
@_Wai_Wai_
@_Wai_Wai_ 4 жыл бұрын
Well at least you can admit that racism exists even in USA
@JoeBattle3928
@JoeBattle3928 4 жыл бұрын
He is a citizen of the US, suffered as a citizen, so WORLD racism was not a catalyst for his experience at 6 years old.
@rococokitchen3988
@rococokitchen3988 4 жыл бұрын
@@JoeBattle3928 oh really, and others didn't suffer under Japanese during the WW2?!?!? Why don't you go to Japan to live and work there to see how they will treat you. They hate African people so much.
@JoeBattle3928
@JoeBattle3928 4 жыл бұрын
@@rococokitchen3988 I don't respond to hate with hate or fear. That mans struggle was legit. If I travel, I'll deal with it, if it happens, thanks for your "warning". Merry Christmas.
@trietphan3196
@trietphan3196 4 жыл бұрын
Japanese AV is the best.
@Photojouralist123
@Photojouralist123 2 жыл бұрын
My father John D Ishii was MIS did you know him? 1944
@mikejnmarie2646
@mikejnmarie2646 4 жыл бұрын
One RACE the HUMAN RACE. ONE RAINBOW MANY COLOURS 🌈🌏
@crazando
@crazando 4 жыл бұрын
Well there are no colors, just rainbows. what color is a tree? Rainbow. What color is the dirt? Rainbow. My point is that it does a lot of help classifying people with similar genetics so you know what is healthy or not healthy for you etc. just like you wanting to know which color a tree is or the sky is instead of a vague answer such as rainbow
@dylanmartin7604
@dylanmartin7604 4 жыл бұрын
You sound like a hippie "sAVe THe tReeS" 😂😂😂
@cxa340
@cxa340 2 жыл бұрын
And the over 2mm German-Americans imprisoned during WWI and WWII who received no repetitions whatsoever?
@moniquemonicat
@moniquemonicat 4 жыл бұрын
The US did it due to the war, Japan, Italy, Germany were enemies. Similar story for Italians during the war. There was also an internment camp for Italians in California. To prove their allegiance and avoid the camps, many Italians joined the military and fought for the US in WWII and very patriotic for America. This is what my father did.
@vChilem
@vChilem 4 жыл бұрын
So, it was ok to incarcerate USA citizens (people born in the country) just for their ethnecity and without a due process or fair trial?. To be a real american they had to be white?. They were concentration camps. Did they do the same for german-americans?.
@thornbad
@thornbad 4 жыл бұрын
@@vChilem yes, as well as Italian immigrants... About 1/3 of people interned during the war where from each of the 3 countries we where fighting
@thornbad
@thornbad 4 жыл бұрын
@@vChilem I just googled it, because I was curious too
@_Wai_Wai_
@_Wai_Wai_ 4 жыл бұрын
@@thornbad no, the scale against Japanese Americans was much larger than than against Italians and Germans.
@frogsmoker714
@frogsmoker714 4 жыл бұрын
@@vChilem Who said anything about "real americans" having to be white? You want racism to end? Then stop with your own racism.
@Metadelb13
@Metadelb13 4 жыл бұрын
Yea! human family .
@btgoc888
@btgoc888 4 жыл бұрын
Well said. He should also talk about Japanese racism towards China in the 1940s and current Japanese racism towards Africans.
@davidsanchezplaza
@davidsanchezplaza 4 жыл бұрын
Seems u dont get. He is EXACTLY ATTACKING THAT, xenophobia in any type.
@btgoc888
@btgoc888 4 жыл бұрын
@@davidsanchezplaza Yeah, with special emphasis on JAPANESE.
@dehro
@dehro 4 жыл бұрын
He's talking about how own experience. The fact that Japanese in Japan were or are racists is not his story and doesn't diminish what he went through
@dizzolve
@dizzolve 4 жыл бұрын
1:53 why do we continue to lie to ourselves? Woman and Men are different. There are MANY things women can do that Men cannot and vise versa. I'm so proud of that generation of Americans who defended our country when we were finally pulled into WW2. I was born early 70s so I wasn't around then -- but I have so much respect and awe of this country and how it came together to do what no one wanted - but had to. What happened to this American was really shameful. There must have been a burning paranoia to have allowed this un~American action to have been OK'd ...... and it must have been OK'd all the way to the top.
@MadderMel
@MadderMel 4 жыл бұрын
What a lovely speech !! By a lovely man !!
@MsKariSmith
@MsKariSmith 4 жыл бұрын
Americans are told how great their country is...but all you need to do is look at their history, and the present to see that it is not true. Not true at all.
@Koitous
@Koitous 4 жыл бұрын
Germany, now that's a great country
@ryankelley5160
@ryankelley5160 4 жыл бұрын
last time I checked there hasn't been genocide on an industrial scale of Japanese Americans. In WWII, 30,000 people died a day. Japan had just declared open war with the US when they attacked Pearl Harbor, and the world was on the brink of chaos. If you think that the 1,862 Japanese Americans that died of sickness inside these camps, is even comparable to the 6.5 million Jews killed in Europe. You are exactly what is wrong with the world. Was it right to imprison innocent people? No it will never be right to do so. Is it good to try and measure acts of desperation and weigh them against actual genocide? No, it makes you look dense.
@alreadyblack3341
@alreadyblack3341 4 жыл бұрын
Greater than most of the Shitholes present, yeah.
@pyterlaso9462
@pyterlaso9462 4 жыл бұрын
Americans love their state but hate their county.
@rococokitchen3988
@rococokitchen3988 4 жыл бұрын
now, Japan is so wonderful, how many people have they massacred during the WW2???
@UrMediaIsFake
@UrMediaIsFake 4 жыл бұрын
I think he was broken down that he no longer called himself Japanese.
@tthompson9244
@tthompson9244 4 жыл бұрын
All of Hawaii was under military control during WWII. it was basically one big camp. This guy wildly exaggerates. I hate that he judges the u.s. by some knuckle-draggers in Idaho and Montana. If that were the standard then everyplace would be a cesspool. There are places in the u.s. where I wouldn't be safe either. Welcome to the world.
@douglashanlon1975
@douglashanlon1975 4 жыл бұрын
knuckle draggers live in the metropolitan areas of every big city run by democrats too
@alanchoichang8336
@alanchoichang8336 4 жыл бұрын
anyone else bothered by the fact that he didnt put the constitution back to its original place? XD
@bastardhapa8238
@bastardhapa8238 3 жыл бұрын
I noticed that too but something's are more important then others.
@stanallport6746
@stanallport6746 Жыл бұрын
Judging this out of context of the fear of japanese invading the west coast.. we have the luxury now of knowing that would not happen..Compare those camps with what the white citizens went through during the war..Being drafted, sent overseas to die, losing your young male family members...many , probably all families who lost members would have traded being in a camp..as a matter of fact... the soldiers who got the best break were assigned to stateside military bases.. and lost their freedoms, living in a camp like the japanese did.. Why didnt they incarcerate germans and italians? there was no fear of those countries attacking America..
@JulietaLicumbi
@JulietaLicumbi 4 жыл бұрын
My question is, if the original Americans are indigenous who are these white aggressive Americans from? Are they Irish, Scotish, Swedish? Where are they from?
@joebloggs5318
@joebloggs5318 4 жыл бұрын
Probably Texas hahahahaha
@primary2630
@primary2630 4 жыл бұрын
Colonists and immigrants. Britain, France, Irish, Italian, Spanish, like half of Europe lol
@aerieleah533
@aerieleah533 4 жыл бұрын
Most of the early colonies were British, French, or Spanish. But settlers came from all over Europe. Especially once the Revolution was fought. And Africa. We should never forget Africa, though with quite a bit less freedom or choice and many more horrors.
@adjjal
@adjjal 4 жыл бұрын
@Charles Crandall you are making yourself sound like a small minded, bitter and terrible person,
@tobinakatarx
@tobinakatarx 4 жыл бұрын
@Charles Crandall well done ,would u like a badge and some crayons
@sunnycriti9809
@sunnycriti9809 3 жыл бұрын
Preacher of the Bible teaches us that everything has its time. Chettites have allready sown the seeds of their own future.
@erikmorgan8800
@erikmorgan8800 3 жыл бұрын
I don't know who these "WASPS" are that you speak of sir.. Maybe they're from a older generation.. I think most of white culture from "Generation X" to today's newest generation looks at Japanese Americans as just simply " Americans ".. That's how I've brought up my children to view people.. To base whether or not you like them, on how they treat you as a person.. It's got NOTHING to do with color or ethnicity.. That's a very primitive way of judging people.. People of ALL countries are welcome in the US, as long as their agenda is pure, and they come here wanting to be a part of the American family.. Caucasian decent people also immigrated here, as you'd well understand.. It is not our place to make anyone feel unaccepted, anymore than it being someone else's place to make us feel unaccepted.. We can't change our past, or be responsible for tyrannical government from our past.. Repeating those same crimes which were done to you, won't solve the problem.. It must start with the parents teaching their children from the very beginning, to see all people as equal.. Which is what I've always done, and continue to this day.. Thank you sir for sharing this extremely low time in our nation's history with us all..
@bobthrasher8226
@bobthrasher8226 4 жыл бұрын
I work for a Chinese-American in the tech industry who emigrated to the US in the 1990's to earn his PhD. He consistently stresses if people want to see social and governmental injustice they should just spend some time in China. They will quickly appreciate how great this country is. He tells me that although his son is a full-Chinese decedent, even in Mobile Alabama (where there were virtually no other Chinese immigrants/descendants), where he worked for 5 years, he did not experience significant racism. So, in short, he would say that claims of US racism are vastly over-blown.
@zhan768
@zhan768 4 жыл бұрын
Bob Thrasher Just because “it’s better” doesn’t mean it can’t improve. China does a lot better than us in some areas, and we do a little better than them in other areas. A single person doesn’t stand for every singe other one. Like he mentioned, they didn’t touch the Japanese people living in Hawaii, but they came after those thousands of miles away.
@bigding8977
@bigding8977 4 жыл бұрын
Sushi is delicious, but it's not really good for you. Some celebrities have gotten mercury poison because they ate it too frequently. Rice is empty calories so if you're on a low carb diet, it's best to avoid it. Also, when I lived in Japan, average working people didn't eat sushi every day. They couldn't afford it. They ate stuff like noodles, curry rice, sandwiches, etc.
@marcusavey8529
@marcusavey8529 4 жыл бұрын
if your get mercury poisoning from sushi its because its made from dolphin meat,
@JoeBattle3928
@JoeBattle3928 4 жыл бұрын
...really reaching for the alternative facts, huh? Unless you lived as long as the speaker, let him have his truth.
@JoeBattle3928
@JoeBattle3928 4 жыл бұрын
@Un-broken and victorious how do you know? 😳
@SystemofADown212
@SystemofADown212 Жыл бұрын
Fix It
@kratosthegamer4806
@kratosthegamer4806 5 жыл бұрын
Ahh he just came to our school
@maxpearson9234
@maxpearson9234 4 жыл бұрын
He's wrong about Hawaii, and if he did any research he would know Hawaii was under martial law. The entire territory was basically a giant internment camp.
@stantoncreed9733
@stantoncreed9733 4 жыл бұрын
is it just me or does he kind of sound like Yoda. I think it's the wisdom but more than that he kind of looks like him 2
@sieonthomas5353
@sieonthomas5353 4 жыл бұрын
Bruh💀
@TheSkeletonSkier
@TheSkeletonSkier 4 жыл бұрын
We put the Japanese in camps because of their culture We were afraid that they would help the Japanese government instead of ours These people were ultra-nationalists and we could not risk espionage
@rococokitchen3988
@rococokitchen3988 4 жыл бұрын
rubbish...what Japanese culture exactly you are afraid of?
@TheSkeletonSkier
@TheSkeletonSkier 4 жыл бұрын
@@rococokitchen3988 The "Death before Dishonor" kind of culture
@rococokitchen3988
@rococokitchen3988 4 жыл бұрын
@@TheSkeletonSkier the honor in a brutal massacre of millions and millions of disarmed people, women and kids during the WW2??? I don't see any honor here. Are you talking about some fake honor fabricated in Hollywood?
@TheSkeletonSkier
@TheSkeletonSkier 4 жыл бұрын
@@rococokitchen3988 Yes, they took pride in these massacres...look at Nanjing
@koichinishi9075
@koichinishi9075 4 жыл бұрын
@@TheSkeletonSkier So chairman Mao massacred wayy more people than Nanking buddy.
@johnmontelongo1523
@johnmontelongo1523 4 жыл бұрын
How.many.think about the natives
@crazando
@crazando 4 жыл бұрын
Most of the natives are dead so they come up in my mind more than necessary. Considering I've met people of every race but not Native American
@johnmontelongo1523
@johnmontelongo1523 4 жыл бұрын
Unbroken you better read some real history and stop playing video games..
@johnmontelongo1523
@johnmontelongo1523 4 жыл бұрын
@@crazando you are in denial
@crazando
@crazando 4 жыл бұрын
@@johnmontelongo1523 in denial of what? Meeting native Americans? I've never met one face to face
@stevenhanson6057
@stevenhanson6057 Жыл бұрын
Picture of person with horns
@davidrenton
@davidrenton 4 жыл бұрын
it is simply disingenuous to call American Internment camps, concentration camps they weren't. There was no systematic murder, experimentation., starvation, unlike the German and Japanese camps. British citizens were interred in China by the Japanese and suffered horrible privations. The American camps were not comparable and should never be referred to concentration camps, it's insulting to those who were in real concentration camps, it minimizing the suffering of Jews, Homosexuals and so on and is kinda insulting.
@MrThomasStricker
@MrThomasStricker Жыл бұрын
So much nonsense. Not only were Japanese Americans held in detention camps, also Italian Americans, German Americans - never mentioned in discussion of this issue. There was a detention camp set up in my own county in Georgia for German Americans. .Rules and regulations were identical. This is not racism. This is a wartime measure created from fear of an enemy invasion - no doubt an extreme measure, but the detention centers set up by the Japanese for American POW's and foreign residents were a thousand times more brutal and murderous. These were not in any way similar to Axis concentration camps, which were establshed for the express purpose of extermination of entire populations. Interesting factoid: the death rates in the American camps were identical to the death rates of the general American population. Facts are stubborn things = John Adams.
@SpinningSage
@SpinningSage 4 жыл бұрын
I thought of drawing a woman!
Black murder is normal | Michael Smith | TEDxJacksonville
19:29
TEDx Talks
Рет қаралды 1,3 МЛН
The cure for racism | Napoleon Wells | TEDxColumbiaSC
18:19
TEDx Talks
Рет қаралды 72 М.
GADGETS VS HACKS || Random Useful Tools For your child #hacks #gadgets
00:35
FLIP FLOP Hacks
Рет қаралды 103 МЛН
Black Panthers White Lies | Curtis Austin | TEDxOhioStateUniversity
13:27
My black year: Maggie Anderson at TEDxGrandRapids
18:20
TEDx Talks
Рет қаралды 542 М.