tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post5133671759018269943..comments2023-05-24T07:28:47.004-05:00Comments on Teresa Evangeline: It's Called RelocationTeresa Evangelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05495114564099989481noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-5498109190567891572012-10-27T22:31:24.179-05:002012-10-27T22:31:24.179-05:00That's a story I'm not familiar with, but ...That's a story I'm not familiar with, but will look into. "Why?" indeed.Teresa Evangelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05495114564099989481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-83245062471011389722012-10-27T21:28:26.049-05:002012-10-27T21:28:26.049-05:00In 1998, I visited Banff National Park in Alberta,...In 1998, I visited Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada. I was surprised when I encountered a monument to all those who had been imprisoned in the Castle Mountain Internment Camp during World War I. Part of the memorial is a statue at the base of which is a single word, 'Why?' Fearguthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18424358658004747702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-80752479669997070982012-10-27T19:56:04.110-05:002012-10-27T19:56:04.110-05:00Yes, it is, Will. "Relocation" is yet an...Yes, it is, Will. "Relocation" is yet another horrifying euphemism meant to delude as many people as possible as to what is really happening.Teresa Evangelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05495114564099989481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-38839716956135286872012-10-27T19:47:59.190-05:002012-10-27T19:47:59.190-05:00It's called tyranny.
http://www.youtube.com/w...It's called tyranny.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoBWVWdvoCg&feature=related<br />Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10991431623794795780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-55216411437023927262012-10-27T16:30:47.282-05:002012-10-27T16:30:47.282-05:00Lost = robbed. "lost" was the term I use...Lost = robbed. "lost" was the term I used, but perhaps I should have stated it clearly. Yes, robbed.<br /><br />Thank, Barbara.Teresa Evangelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05495114564099989481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-1949459079953113842012-10-27T11:39:09.873-05:002012-10-27T11:39:09.873-05:00Interesting photos from Ansel Adams. One comment a...Interesting photos from Ansel Adams. One comment about when the Japanese returned to their original homes. They were no longer theirs because after they left for the camps they were confiscated by neighbors and others -- they didn't lose their home they were robbed of their homes. Good post!Folkways Note Bookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07168881905408345126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-12066244438945170922012-10-27T05:40:24.178-05:002012-10-27T05:40:24.178-05:00What was done to Native Americans was horrific and...What was done to Native Americans was horrific and the damage done goes on.... Yes, urban poverty and the housing created therein is really another form of reservation. I cling tenaciously to hope, but I realize more and more that we must create our own.<br /><br />I always appreciate your comments.Teresa Evangelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05495114564099989481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-58130101015956565042012-10-27T05:37:33.453-05:002012-10-27T05:37:33.453-05:00Thank you, Rita, for this insightful response. I s...Thank you, Rita, for this insightful response. I spend no time at all in mainstream media anymore, and just enough outside the mainstream to be aware. Change is possible and I still work to See the change. My hope lies in the individual and the sense of community created among them.<br /><br />Love is the answer. Teresa Evangelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05495114564099989481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-17152396622593064382012-10-27T00:21:43.527-05:002012-10-27T00:21:43.527-05:00I don't remember how old I was when I learned ...I don't remember how old I was when I learned of the internment camps, but I was older yet when I came to understand the cynical process of the relocation of Native Americans. I am still dismayed. And yet we also have our red-lined areas of urban poverty and, of course, the deeply rooted racism that is showing up every day in code words being used in the campaign against Obama. I grew up believing the nation (and the world) would just get better and better, and I still cling to hope most of the time, but it's getting more difficult. Thanks for yet another thought-provoking post, Teresa. Nancy/BLissed-Out Grandmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17223278142557533175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-46739252566194601472012-10-26T23:23:22.120-05:002012-10-26T23:23:22.120-05:00I agree that this is the scariest time I have ever...I agree that this is the scariest time I have ever lived through. Not something obvious, like Watergate or Kennedy getting shot, but something insidious...like slowly changing laws to get around the constitution after 9-11...changing the rules about how money backs political elections...allowing protected land to be used by corporations...approving genetically modified foods...so many things we commoners don't even know the half of, I'm sure. <br /><br />Above all else is the fear and hatred that has been running rampant since 9-11. It was fueled and fanned for so many years that people can't shut it off...and the politicians and corporations don't want them to. If you keep people angry and afraid you can slip the true agendas past them...unnoticed.<br /><br />Scary times. Which is why I avoid the news. And try to focus on sending positive energy out as much as possible. What the world needs now is love, sweet love... :)Ritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02043285884495492598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-29616806671254205552012-10-26T22:06:22.806-05:002012-10-26T22:06:22.806-05:00Penny, I'm so grateful that you shared that. W...Penny, I'm so grateful that you shared that. What a moving experience, and what wonderful "timing" from the Universe for you. :)<br /><br />Yes, vigilance is a good watchword.Teresa Evangelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05495114564099989481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-9761177917337887282012-10-26T21:58:59.848-05:002012-10-26T21:58:59.848-05:00It is good to be made aware of or reminded of such...It is good to be made aware of or reminded of such injustices, Teresa, and you have done so masterfully here. <br />I have had acquaintances who were interred and they are remarkable, but, it was a chance encounter at the Smithsonian that has stayed with me. Our girls were young; middle school aged and high school freshman. We took a vacation in Washington D. C. At the time, the Smithsonian had belongings, testimonials, displays and so forth of the interment of the Japanese. It was a pretty sobering experience for all four of us. There were small recesses where television screens displayed personal accounts. The four of us and a few others, some older than us, some younger, a woman in a wheelchair, were in one listening to the woman on the screen. One of the men quietly bent down to the woman and asked if she was the woman on the video. She was. We have never forgotten the experience, her grace and her candor and the horrible experience she endured. <br />It is a good time to remember and to be vigilant, for these things can, indeed, happen again. lifeonthecutoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14657395265006688388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-82120947086210927022012-10-26T19:24:18.963-05:002012-10-26T19:24:18.963-05:00Yes, they are. I've seen the maps and I've...Yes, they are. I've seen the maps and I've heard all the possibilities. It's good to have our antennae up, and move through the day choosing peace over fear. Teresa Evangelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05495114564099989481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-8427960551431913582012-10-26T19:21:31.948-05:002012-10-26T19:21:31.948-05:00After reading this I searched.
Here: a map which s...After reading this I searched.<br />Here: a map which shows so very many of these internment camps. Everywhere!<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_American_internment. Do a bit more research and you'll become more aware of what is prepared for the future. "Camps" in every state await. Remember awhile back when so many military camps were closed across the country? Well, they aren't! And they are the least number on the list. It is good to be aware yet becoming so also brings fear, fear of an unknownable future. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-57435511045771826082012-10-26T17:51:48.958-05:002012-10-26T17:51:48.958-05:00A person has to step outside mainstream media to f...A person has to step outside mainstream media to find anything of consequence. It's good to be aware. I really appreciate your thoughts, and your statement about these "two men...who seem to be emboldened by the 19th century, not the 21st," is right on.<br /><br />Although I've never been affiliated with the Roman Catholic church, there seems to be very little more powerful than a group of aware nuns or ex-nuns, and I mean that. I'm always so grateful for all they do to fight for justice. I'm grateful for all you've done. And I'm most grateful for your comments here. Thank you so much.<br /><br />Yes, it could happen again. Teresa Evangelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05495114564099989481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-33149165760798196832012-10-26T17:31:24.897-05:002012-10-26T17:31:24.897-05:00Dear Teresa, a long-time friend of mine is going t...Dear Teresa, a long-time friend of mine is going to be 86 in November; I will be 77 in April. Both of us have always followed politics and been fairly aware of what happens in our country. As aware as the media--books, television, radio, magazines--permit us be today. <br /><br />And both of us are saying to one another that this seems the scariest time in which we've ever lived. A Congress that is in full scale, freely chosen gridlock. Two parties whose elected officials seem to care only about the party and not about governing and two men running for office who seem to be emboldened by the 19the century, not the 21st. <br /><br />Thank you for posting this story today about another episode in the history of our country that is a warning sign of what could happen again. I was only 5 when this happened and I don't remember my parents talking about it. I'm not sure how well known this was then. But intolerance and fear can lead to a loss of common sense. Peace.Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00612299013780771262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-68683367414215893182012-10-26T17:28:31.068-05:002012-10-26T17:28:31.068-05:00I'm never a proponent of fear. I am a proponen...I'm never a proponent of fear. I am a proponent of awareness. Teresa Evangelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05495114564099989481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-49843689757256750142012-10-26T17:14:46.676-05:002012-10-26T17:14:46.676-05:00Fear makes people crazy and a lot of people are fe...Fear makes people crazy and a lot of people are fearful today.Rubye Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02511953177053448513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-47676298228638237832012-10-26T17:05:21.972-05:002012-10-26T17:05:21.972-05:00Thanks, One Fly, for reading and commenting. I app...Thanks, One Fly, for reading and commenting. I appreciate it.Teresa Evangelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05495114564099989481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613729047769383491.post-67644314106699016102012-10-26T16:49:45.593-05:002012-10-26T16:49:45.593-05:00Powerful Teresa. The Right could win big in Nov ev...Powerful Teresa. The Right could win big in Nov even with the crazy. Merka puts these (insert what ever you want here it's hard I know) in office they will attempt to impose their dogma. like it or not on those who disagree. <br /><br /><br />One Flyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03772881642197609507noreply@blogger.com