Episode 10: Fear Itself

Seventy-five years ago a president signed an Executive Order that resulted in the relocation and incarceration of 120,000 Japanese-Americans, most of them American citizens. The decision was justified by national security concerns, but we now know it was largely driven by racial animus and fear. Now another president promulgates Executive Orders that are also stoked by fear of others. This episode explores how the two events – 75 years apart – are connected and how they have intersected in a remote part of the American West.

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Episode 10: Fear Itself is an episode from Many Things Considered by Marc Johnson.

This episode is 42:59 long.

This episode was published on Feb 16, 2017.

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