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Common Knowledge Revisited ⑭
【ニッポンの新常識】移民国家・米国に溶け込んだ日系人 米国民として理想的な姿だと思う
http://www.zakzak.co.jp/society/domestic/news/20150509/dms1505091000002-n1.htm
Basic Philosophy of the Nation of Immigrants
Violation of Civil Rights Act?
Movements of Certain Asian Countries
The United States is a nation of immigrants. Aside from the “native Americans,” who cannot now be called “Indians” because of P.C. (political correctness), which I intensely dislike, basically everyone else (including slaves) are descendants of immigrants, or immigrants themselves.
Tony Marano, a/k/a Texas Daddy, with whom I recently had a very lively dialogue, is descended from Italian immigrants, and I am descended from English immigrants, but both of us consider ourselves to be full Americans.
Japanese began emigrating to the United States in the middle of the Meiji Era near the end of the 19th Century. Later when the U.S. and Japan became enemies during the Greater East Asian War, even Japanese Americans who held citizenship had their assets confiscated and were forced into concentration camps. This was a sorry chapter in our history. During the Reagan administration, the government formally recognized the error of this policy and apologized and paid reparations to the Japanese Americans.
During the war, about 33,000 second-generation Japanese Americans volunteered for military service to show their loyalty and patriotism. The U.S. Army 442nd regimental combat team, composed mostly of Japanese Americans, fought bravely in Europe, with 31.4% of its members killed or wounded, and became the most highly decorated army unit for its size and length of service in American military history.
In the small town of Bruyère in Eastern France, which was liberated from German troops through their action, there is a street called “442nd Regiment Street,” and in the small city of Pietrasanta in northern Italy, there is a bronze statue of “Sadao Munemori, Private First Class” which was erected with local funds. And in Washington, D.C. stands the “Memorial to Japanese-American Patriotism in World War II.”
For a time after the war, Japanese Americans suffered from continued discrimination and prejudice, but I have the impression that within a relatively short time they were able to blend in with American society. On the other hand, for that reason we see almost no movement among that group to band together in a political cause for Japan or Japanese Americans. I think they are an ideal example of U.S. citizens in a nation of immigrants.
In order for people of differing cultures to live together no matter the color of their skin, hair or eyes, or their physical stature, or the fact that they have a different everyday language or diet, it is not necessarily helpful for anyone to go out of their way to emphasize their own ethnic heritage.
Given that everyone is different, it is necessary to have the tolerance to accept such differences. That is the basic philosophy of the U.S., a nation of immigrants, and the key to achieving unity as a country.
However there are political movements at odds with this basic U.S philosophy. They may be in violation of the important fundamental law called the “Civil Rights Act.” Next week I would like to discuss the movements of people from certain Asian countries.
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