{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"FDR and the Decision to Intern the Japanese, Part One","description":"This is the story of one of the gravest injustices in American history, where over 120,000 people of Japanese descent were uprooted from their homes and placed into concentration camps without due process and in violation of their civil rights. Most lost everything; after the Second World World ended, they returned to homes and businesses that had been sold off, and sometimes stolen. The internment was put in motion on February 19, 1942, by Executive Order 9066, issued by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. How one of the most esteemed presidents, justly lauded for his leadership during the Depression and World War II, came to embrace such a draconian and unjust policy can tell us a lot about the process of decision making--both good and bad.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Archival recordings Part 1 Rae Takegawa, \u201cFBI Raid on Family\u2019s Home\u201d  https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QHWAXvNCYCc&amp;amp;list=PL_txUBUpMcH4CS9Ggr6IezvCHoIhYov-f&amp;amp;index=5&amp;amp;t=22s Rudy Tokiwa, \u201cA visit from the FBI after the bombing of Pearl Harbor\u201d  https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UMPWyLBNYew&amp;amp;list=PL_txUBUpMcH4CS9Ggr6IezvCHoIhYov-f&amp;amp;index=6 Classical Chinese song, \u201cThe General\u2019s Command\u201d (1903) https:\/\/vimeo.com\/100191126 Ray Matsumoto, \u201cFather\u2019s Immigration Story\u201d https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bf7F2z48S5Y&amp;amp;t=151s Masao Fujiwara, \u201cAno Onekoete\u201d (1920s) https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WOjsmhs7qik Eiichi Edward Sakauye, \u201cImpact of the Alien Land Laws\u201d  https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5yjiEINoz_k&amp;amp;list=PL_txUBUpMcH4DfP8j9V92fFzgnA4gDtc0&amp;amp;index=12 Excerpts from \u201cConfessions of a Nazi Spy,\u201d Warner Brothers, 1939 https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LBDW81R_xwg&amp;amp;t=4s Fritz Kuhn, excerpt from speech at Madison Square Garden, Feb 20, 1939 https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0gU9op16rjQ&amp;amp;t=98s ","author_name":"Executive Decision","author_url":"http:\/\/executivedecision.libsyn.com\/website","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/18547133\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/99788606"}