"It Cost Him His Political Career"

"The Japanese are protected by the same Constitution that protects us. An American citizen of Japanese descent has the same rights as any other citizen... If you harm them, you must first harm me. I was brought up in small towns where I knew the shame and dishonor of race hatred. I grew to despise it because it threatened [pointing to various audience members] the happiness of you and you and you."

Seth Masket at Vox reminds readers of Colorado's Governor Ralph Carr, who is 1942 "welcomed Japanese Americans while his peers shunned them."