Census blamed for roundup and internment of Japanese Americans

03-23-2010 • Speak Truth 2 Power

The academics say the Census Bureau’s involvement included identifying concentrations of people of Japanese ancestry in geographic units as small as city blocks, lending a senior Census Bureau official to work with the War Department on the relocation program and a willingness to disclose names and address of Japanese Americans.

2 Comments in Response to Census blamed for roundup and internment of Japanese Americans

Comment by Unsheepled Michael

Entered on: 3/24/2010 5:25:07 AM

but it says so in bold letters

"No other agency will get this secured data"

If they used it for gang raids it was only to eliminate competition.

We are ******, really !

The Gestapo and the rest of the Nazi thugs that were imported after WWII (operation paperclip) bred and multiplied , and have taken over...Or so it seems to me anyway :(

Comment by Powell Gammill

Entered on: 3/23/2010 10:25:01 PM

Census compiled data was also used to target gang raids in LA.

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