The San Diego City Council has rescinded a resolution that was passed during WWII to support the incarceration of Japanese Americans in prison camps.
During a meeting Tuesday, council members called the camps and the 1942 resolution supporting them racist and unjust.US SAILOR KILLED IN PEARL HARBOR TO BE LAID TO REST AFTER DECADES-LONG EFFORT TO IDENTIFY REMAINS
Leaders of the local Japanese American community praised the council’s decision, noting how residents sent to the camps lost their property, their opportunities for education and their dignity. Among those incarcerated were more than 1,900 San Diego County residents of Japanese descent, according to the Union-Tribune.The council’s actions were requested by the San Diego chapter of the Japanese American Historical Society.
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