Pick a side
A little history.
"I am for catching every Japanese in America, Alaska or Hawaii now and putting them in a concentration camp." Congressman John Rankin, Feb. 18, 1942.
"We cannot progress if we look down on any group of people among us because of race or religion. Every citizen in this country has rights to our basic freedoms, to justice and to equality of opportunity." Eleanor Roosevelt, Oct. 16. 1942.
Pick which side you are on.
Fear of nonwhites or freedom for all of us.
George Peternel
Arlington Heights
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