21: Episode 1 of Dark Shadows - Why, FDR...WHY?

On this very first episode of Dark Shadows, Why FDR, WHY? We're taking a deep dive into what led Franklin Roosevelt to make the decision to intern an entire ethnic population of the USA, treated them like criminals, locked them up like animals, and removed their civil liberties. Yes, I’ll be tackling the internment of the Japanese Americans during world war two in the United States and just how and why a Government could turn on its’ own citizens in the supposed land of the free.

Are you ready for the deep dive?

Excellent...here we go...

Voices: Narrator: SuZe Kotsui Korematsu: Hieu Tieu Music by: Possession by Purple Planet
All music used under an Attribution License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ All media outtakes have been sourced via open media and are readily available via an internet search. Sources:

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848) - Our Documents - https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=26
• Mexican-American War - https://www.britannica.com/event/Mexican-American-War
• The Gold Rush of 1849 - Facts, Summary & Video – HISTORY - https://www.history.com/topics/westward-expansion/gold-rush-of-1849
• ECONOMIC PANIC OF 1873 -https://www.historycentral.com/rec/EconomicPanic.html
• Chinese Exclusion Act - https://www.history.com/topics/immigration/chinese-exclusion-act-1882
• Extending a beacon of hope to all who seek refuge - https://www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/stories/extending-beacon-hope-all-who-seek-refuge/
• Immigration and Relocation in U.S. History - https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/immigration/japanese/
• Rumors of War: Immigration Disputes - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1467-7709.2008.00745.x
• Gentlemen's Agreement - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/9781118663202.wberen529
• Closing the Door on Immigration - https://www.nps.gov/articles/closing-the-door-on-immigration.htm