Echoes of History: Visualizing Trump’s Mass Deportation Camps
Trump would remove more than 11 million people from the country using detention camps.
“The Times article starts off with a truly disturbing list of the norms Trump is openly saying he intends to violate. He’s not being coy. There’s no pretense of intent to be a democratic leader:
Trump would remove more than 11 million people from the country, by means including building migrant detention camps and deploying the military at the border and across the country, a clear violation of the Posse Comitatus Act. The Act is a Reconstruction-era law that bars federal troops from participating in civilian law enforcement except when expressly authorized by law.” — Joyce Vance
Unsure what a Trump detention camp might look like? Use this visualization to see how people were rounded up and send to internment camps for American citizens of Japanese descent during World War II. Notice where the camps were located and the harsh living conditions there.
Racist and discriminatory treatment
Trump, in describing his domestic rivals as “vermin,” has co-opted language used by “Hitler and Mussolini to dehumanize people and encourage their followers to engage in violence,” said Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a historian at New York University in The Washington Post. Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung warned that those who liken Trump to the 20th-century dictators will have “their entire existence…crushed when President Trump returns to the White House.” — Vanity Fair
Japanese American internment, the forced relocation by the U.S. government of thousands of Japanese Americans to detention camps during World War II. That action was the culmination of the federal government’s long history of racist and discriminatory treatment of immigrants and their descendants. — Brittanica
The Injustice of Japanese-American Internment Camps Resonates Strongly to This Day. During WWII, 120,000 Japanese-Americans were forced into camps, a government action that still haunts victims and their descendants. — Smithsonian
The threat to American democracy
“When people being polled were presented with accurate information about Trump, they understood he was out for revenge and dangerous, even dictatorial. The gains in understanding were statistically significant. It’s one thing to see it in a campaign ad, but another to discuss it with a close friend. There are many voters and potential voters around us who are not firmly wed to Trump but still need facts to be persuaded that he must not be re-elected. The information about Trump’s intentions bears repetition and emphasis, and we all have an important role to play. Let’s get to work.” — Joyce Vance
TakeAway: The stakes for American democracy could not be higher. Vote for President Biden and Democrats.
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Recognize the warning signs of fascism
Authoritarians create a community of the included by persecuting others… watch for the warning signs. — Ruth Ben-Ghiat
The fascist playbook isn’t new, but you have to learn to spot the warning signs. The Nazi rise power started with persecuting minorities: Jews, LGBTQ, union workers, women… Martin Niemöller, a prominent Lutheran pastor in Germany. His poem warns of the need to stand up for the vulnerable and fighting fascism while you still can.
First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
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