The Effect of War on American Soil ; Reports of Anti-Muslim Prejudice Echo an Earlier Tragedy

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It's fitting that the recently erected Japanese American Memorial for Patriotism is situated on the opposite side of the Mall in Washington - to counterbalance the FDR memorial. It stands as a stark reminder of the injustice committed against Americans of Japanese ancestry during World War II.

Nearly 120,000 Japanese Americans were forced to relocate to stark and often unforgiving internment camps far away from their homes on the West Coast. To ensure that such a stain on American history does not repeat itself, it is also no coincidence that there are several Japanese Americans who serve in Congress today and one former congressman, Norman Mineta, a former …