During WWII, Americans of Italian...
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During WWII, "Americans of Italian lineage" or "Americans of German lineage" weren't
forced to sell their possessions in three days and be shipped to a concentration camp
carrying only a suitcase. Yet, more than 25,000 Japanese served in the US Army while
their families (110,000 people) were held in what were euphemistically called
"Relocation Centers."
Compared to the US population Japanese were over-represented in the US Army by more than twenty percent. Who were those short troops with slanted eyes whose forebears couldn't become US citizens because of the Naturalization Act of 1870 and the Immigration Act of 1924?
Paul wrote to people considered strange by their neighbors and fellow citizens and whose allegiance is questioned. Because of their heavenly citizenship Paul instructed Christians to live, as he did himself, in a way not only distinct from but superior to their neighbors.
Compared to the US population Japanese were over-represented in the US Army by more than twenty percent. Who were those short troops with slanted eyes whose forebears couldn't become US citizens because of the Naturalization Act of 1870 and the Immigration Act of 1924?
Paul wrote to people considered strange by their neighbors and fellow citizens and whose allegiance is questioned. Because of their heavenly citizenship Paul instructed Christians to live, as he did himself, in a way not only distinct from but superior to their neighbors.
