FDR, he did much good, the New Deal lives on yetUpon his legacy a stain, sad folly we regret.Rounded up and placed in camps, to alleviate a fearOf crimes never committed, the price they paid was dear.A journey in a freight car, to a kid that’s an adventureUntil reality hits home, beyond this fence thou shall not ventureLest the men high in the towers aim their guns at youA law-abiding criminal, jailed for things you’d never do.Eventually they were set free to start again from zeroWe skipped over this in History class, as there was no great White hero.Yet what was real can’t be erased, it’s childish to denyThe shameful deeds born of bigotry, though hollow hearts may try.The truth can appear anywhere, no telling when it may surfaceToday I see it in Dick Tracy, thanks to Takei, Staton and Curtis.
I’d like to point out two additional historical facts – the Canadian government also interned Japanese-Canadian citizens during WW2 .. and the internment/concentration camp may have had it’s genesis in the British Boer war, where Dutch/Boer South Africans were imprisoned by the British. Odd thing, this humanity .. we have such a potential for the positive and the negative.
Pequod about 11 years ago
FDR, he did much good, the New Deal lives on yetUpon his legacy a stain, sad folly we regret.Rounded up and placed in camps, to alleviate a fearOf crimes never committed, the price they paid was dear.A journey in a freight car, to a kid that’s an adventureUntil reality hits home, beyond this fence thou shall not ventureLest the men high in the towers aim their guns at youA law-abiding criminal, jailed for things you’d never do.Eventually they were set free to start again from zeroWe skipped over this in History class, as there was no great White hero.Yet what was real can’t be erased, it’s childish to denyThe shameful deeds born of bigotry, though hollow hearts may try.The truth can appear anywhere, no telling when it may surfaceToday I see it in Dick Tracy, thanks to Takei, Staton and Curtis.
GESWho about 11 years ago
With both a great strip and a great first comment, I’m surprised that by Monday there were still only 2 comments…
marmar4 about 11 years ago
Thanks for finally posting this.I would have hated to have missed it.
Tarry Plaguer about 11 years ago
George Takei on the Japanese internment camps during WWII
mechaman Premium Member about 11 years ago
I’d like to point out two additional historical facts – the Canadian government also interned Japanese-Canadian citizens during WW2 .. and the internment/concentration camp may have had it’s genesis in the British Boer war, where Dutch/Boer South Africans were imprisoned by the British. Odd thing, this humanity .. we have such a potential for the positive and the negative.
Pequod over 7 years ago
FDR, he did much good, the New Deal lives on yet
Upon his legacy a stain, sad folly we regret.
Rounded up and placed in camps, to alleviate a fear
Of crimes never committed, the price they paid was dear.
A journey in a freight car, to a kid that’s an adventure
Until reality hits home, beyond this fence thou shall not venture
Lest the men high in the towers aim their guns at you
A law-abiding criminal, jailed for things you’d never do.
Eventually they were set free to start again from zero
We skipped over this in History class, as there was no great White hero.
Yet what was real can’t be erased, it’s childish to deny
The shameful deeds born of bigotry, though hollow hearts may try.
The truth can appear anywhere, no telling when it may surface
Today I see it in Dick Tracy, thanks to Takei, Staton and Curtis.