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German-American farmer tarred and feathered at the height of anti-German bigotry in the USA, WW1, 1918 (media.kbin.social)
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[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 23 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Part of the reason why WW2 didn't spark the same level of anti-German backlash is because many who were beginning their political careers during WW1 were horrified at the anti-German bigotry that arose during WW1; and thus when WW2 came around, made sure to portray the WW2 German government as tyrannizing the German people, rather than synonymous with them.

Apparently, though, that wasn't a concern for Japanese-Americans, who got to 'enjoy' the weight of US 1940s racism.

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 11 points 5 months ago

I sometimes feel that when we as humanity try to learn some lessons from the past we act like a jinn taking wishes too literally. Like okay, now if that's a German citizen, in the USA, we're going to treat them okay. We will not if that's not the USA (like the UK did), or not German ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] pelletbucket@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

they put Italians in internment camps as well

[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 1 points 5 months ago

Far fewer, not systematically; mostly unnaturalized immigrants and those with connections to the Italian government. Many of them were released before the war's end. But yes.