Wow. Just talking to my neighbor across the street and she...

jyoteen · 04-23-2003, 02:31 PM

was telling me about the time when the apartment building I lived in was being constructed.

There were 3 or so houses on my street in 1952, and that she had to get approval from the neighborhood via papers being signed to let her live and purchase a house. She is Japanese and about 80 years old. She was relocated after the Japanese American relocation program, and before that, she was in some sort of camp.

She was also saying how badly the "whites" (her words) were treating her and her family (2 kids and husband) and a hostile environment they created on this street. She wanted to move here because of the school district and the ability for her kids to go to school due to the bus route being run that included my street.

Apparently, she wanted to buy a house in Nevada, and the real estate agent told her that he wouldn't sell the "orientals" any houses and another white guy purchased the house and then offered to sell it to her and her husband.

Trippy stuff. There isn't quite like first hand experiences. All our lives, we go through learning about history but seldom do we engage older folks who have been through it. It makes all the facts less potent.

Gordan T. · 04-23-2003, 02:33 PM

System_S4k · 04-23-2003, 02:37 PM

In NM no one gives a **** what color you are. Kinda nice.

Cybernetic_Samurai® · 04-23-2003, 02:38 PM

They never rounded up the Germans did they?

Skrill (RexxKw0nDo) · 04-23-2003, 02:41 PM

supporters of Nazi Germany were watched and often harrassed.

Vtec_Killer · 04-23-2003, 02:45 PM

S4h2j2 · 04-23-2003, 02:47 PM

System_S4k · 04-23-2003, 02:50 PM

America, Land of the free... as long as a couple of races are oppressed.

Lawr. · 04-23-2003, 02:56 PM

;-)

AUDINOW AlexandriaVA · 04-23-2003, 02:57 PM

It's sad that people become so myopic that they will abuse an entire ethnicity or culture purely because of popular/political sentiment. Alot of the lessons of WWII, and even things I hear people say today, remind me of the infamous "Obedience to Authority" experiment that Stanley Milgram did.

It's sad that it is so easy for people to hurt others.

04-23-2003, 02:31 PM	#1
jyoteen Member Account #: 439 Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 32,565	Wow. Just talking to my neighbor across the street and she... was telling me about the time when the apartment building I lived in was being constructed. There were 3 or so houses on my street in 1952, and that she had to get approval from the neighborhood via papers being signed to let her live and purchase a house. She is Japanese and about 80 years old. She was relocated after the Japanese American relocation program, and before that, she was in some sort of camp. She was also saying how badly the "whites" (her words) were treating her and her family (2 kids and husband) and a hostile environment they created on this street. She wanted to move here because of the school district and the ability for her kids to go to school due to the bus route being run that included my street. Apparently, she wanted to buy a house in Nevada, and the real estate agent told her that he wouldn't sell the "orientals" any houses and another white guy purchased the house and then offered to sell it to her and her husband. Trippy stuff. There isn't quite like first hand experiences. All our lives, we go through learning about history but seldom do we engage older folks who have been through it. It makes all the facts less potent.

04-23-2003, 02:33 PM	#2
Gordan T. Member Account #: 2193 Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 4,138	Sure enough, but did you hit it in the name of racial harmony?

04-23-2003, 02:37 PM	#3
System_S4k Elder Member Account #: 23081 Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 18,114	Nuts. I thought most of the southwest had forgotten about race. In NM no one gives a **** what color you are. Kinda nice. __________________

04-23-2003, 02:38 PM	#4
Cybernetic_Samurai® Member Account #: 23419 Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 8,969	Yup. She was a Japanese spy like most of the "orientals" during WWII They never rounded up the Germans did they? __________________ Join AWOT's Folding @ Home Team (35021) ;

04-23-2003, 02:41 PM	#5
Skrill (RexxKw0nDo) Senior Member Account #: 37217 Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 5,511	It was too difficult to tell them apart from other "whites" -- but those that were outspoken supporters of Nazi Germany were watched and often harrassed. __________________ Xbox Live Gamer Tag: RexxKw0nDo (the first "0" is a zero). If any of you primitive screwheads so much as touches me .... Current rides: 2008 Armada LE 4x4 (daily/tow wagon) 1991 Sentra SE-R Cup Car (SCCA race car/track toy) 2008 Infiniti EX35 (fiance's ride) If you can drive a slow car fast -- you can drive anything fast. 2001.5 S4 Silver (SOLD) 2004 M3 (SOLD) 2005 350Z Enthusiast (SOLD)

04-23-2003, 02:45 PM	#6
Vtec_Killer Member Account #: 15288 Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 18,344	OOhhhh harrassed. Bet they didn't get their lives STOLEN from them. __________________ Sig starts here----------> Gaming forum is back up and running!

04-23-2003, 02:47 PM	#7
S4h2j2 Member Account #: 40363 Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 4,526	don't forget age discrimination!

04-23-2003, 02:50 PM	#8
System_S4k Elder Member Account #: 23081 Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 18,114	The same thing is going on right now with Arabs in the US. America, Land of the free... as long as a couple of races are oppressed. __________________

04-23-2003, 02:56 PM	#9
Lawr. Elder Member Account #: 44009 Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 13,224	Did you wave hi to Ozzy Osbourne and Pat Boone when you picked up your morning paper? ;-) __________________

04-23-2003, 02:57 PM	#10
AUDINOW AlexandriaVA Member Account #: 6828 Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 4,175	That's so wrong...it's not like she was an A-rab or a MooSlem, I mean jeez It's sad that people become so myopic that they will abuse an entire ethnicity or culture purely because of popular/political sentiment. Alot of the lessons of WWII, and even things I hear people say today, remind me of the infamous "Obedience to Authority" experiment that Stanley Milgram did. It's sad that it is so easy for people to hurt others. __________________

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