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Excerpt from the Korematsu brief

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ddr-densho-67-107 (Legacy UID: denshopd-i67-00107)

Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians Collection

Excerpt from the Korematsu brief defending evacuation on the premise that racial discrimination was not used. Blames Japanese for being unassimilated and too connected to Japan. Compares Japanese with Germans and Italians and discusses why the government did not evacuate them. Justifies internment because Japanese were able to leave camps for work.

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