The U.S. Census Bureau Gave Up Names of Japanese-Americans in WWII (2007)
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The U.S. Census Bureau Gave Up Names of Japanese-Americans in WWII (2007)
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Re: The U.S. Census Bureau Gave Up Names of Japanese-Americans in WWII (2007)
#2Excerpts from the article:
1."What it suggests is that the statistical information was used at the microlevel for surveillance of civilian populations, ...
(appears suspiciously similar to what is occurring now)
2. "At the time, available evidence (and Bureau lore) held that there had been no … release of microdata,"
(Hahaha)
3. The Census Bureau has improved its confidentiality practices considerably in the last six decades, former director Prewitt says.
(How could this be? The government requested and the govenment got the information. It happened then, it could happen now.)
The more things change the more they remain the same.
To be fair anyway, the picture is not black and white. The government had a real and valid fear (proven wrong by events) that the japanese population could be used to foment trouble in the states during the war. However the action still does leave a bad impression
Re: The U.S. Census Bureau Gave Up Names of Japanese-Americans in WWII (2007)
#3I wonder if they'll do the same for Muslim Americans for the upcoming presidential term.
Re: The U.S. Census Bureau Gave Up Names of Japanese-Americans in WWII (2007)
#4"I'm sad to learn it," he says of the new discovery. "It would be sadder yet to continue to deny that it happened, if, as now seems clear, it did happen. You cannot learn from and correct past mistakes unless you know about them."
I wonder if this will ever be said about Snowden in the NSA
Re: The U.S. Census Bureau Gave Up Names of Japanese-Americans in WWII (2007)
#5Why is anyone surprised? If we should've learned anything from the last couple of weeks, it should be that it turns out that despite recent progress, America hasn't strayed far from its roots.
The powers of government have long been used as a weapon against various groups over our history. All that's happened recently is the removing of the mask.
Re: The U.S. Census Bureau Gave Up Names of Japanese-Americans in WWII (2007)
#6"I'm sad to learn it," he says of the new discovery. "It would be sadder yet to continue to deny that it happened, if, as now seems clear, it did happen. You cannot learn from and correct past mistakes unless you know about them." I wonder if this will ever be said about Snowden in the NSA
>> You cannot learn from and correct past mistakes unless you know about them.
I must getting older, because I see this statement a lot and when you look back, its clear we never do learn from our past mistakes.
Re: The U.S. Census Bureau Gave Up Names of Japanese-Americans in WWII (2007)
#7Wait, what? Government can't be trusted?!?!?
Re: The U.S. Census Bureau Gave Up Names of Japanese-Americans in WWII (2007)
#8The Obama White House has proposed adding a new racial category for Middle Easterners to the census. It is a poor plan for many reasons; now we have another.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2016/09/30/white...
Re: The U.S. Census Bureau Gave Up Names of Japanese-Americans in WWII (2007)
#9How do we know that they won't give muslin citizen's data to Trump?
Re: The U.S. Census Bureau Gave Up Names of Japanese-Americans in WWII (2007)
#10Why is anyone surprised? If we should've learned anything from the last couple of weeks, it should be that it turns out that despite recent progress, America hasn't strayed far from its roots. The powers of government have long been used as a weapon against various groups over our history. All that's happened recently is the removing of the mask.
um, well, if you're going to take it in that direction... FDR was a democrat.