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Who likes my research? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:192:4B40:E70:F5F8:B47E:F397:FC03 (talk) 00:22, 7 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Whats Freds birth year? 1234567890 is not correct.

Removed the comment that he was a homosexual. Unknown if true, but irrelevant either way. He was not campaigning gay rights. Popher 20:20, 7 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Are there any sources stating whether or not he was actually a threat to the U.S.?Gryphon044 04:13, 14 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The article specifies elsewhere that the government withheld information that showed that no Americans of Japanese descent were a threat. Presumably the source used to prove this statement would also cover any specific individual U.S. citizen of Japanese descent was a threat. That is simple logic. Further, it should never be assumed that anyone of any ilk, by virtue of being of that ilk, is a threat due to lack of evidence disproving them as a threat. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.191.251.196 (talk) 17:20, 30 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Wife died in 2013 (not 2005). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.235.199.184 (talk) 16:35, 30 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Source? TimothyJosephWood 16:37, 30 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Wait...I don't think there's actually any place in the article where it even discusses his wife's death. TimothyJosephWood 16:40, 30 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Biography assessment rating comment

The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. --KenWalker | Talk 09:24, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

His case not overturned

I don't think this page should state that Korematsu 1944 has been overturned. This word has a specific legal meaning, and to date this has not occurred. Note that I'm not referring to Executive Order 9066, I'm referring to the 1944 SCOTUS decision. This issue is discussed in detail in https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/did-the-supreme-court-just-overrule-the-korematsu-decision. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.43.34.193 (talk) 22:53, 4 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

His 'speech' in 2004

The edit I just made was from the Prentice Hall New Jersey US History textbook.

Conflicting Accounts

First, the article states that the military was under orders not to accept him, and would not provide him with a recruiting flyer. Further down, it states that he was rejected for stomach ulcers. If Japanese were excluded from the military, it would make no difference whether they had stomach ulcers. This needs to be clarified. John Paul Parks (talk) 19:40, 7 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There were Japanese Americans enlisting all throughout WW2. That's how the 442nd was formed. There were also a lot of guys enlisting across the country. It might have been that the recruiter was under orders not to recruit JAs in the area, or the recruiter made up the story. 99.101.128.81 (talk) 02:32, 5 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Clarified. Korematsu simply asked for a recruitment flyer, he wasn't going through the recruitment process. Apparently he was successfully recruited but couldn't pass the physical. I agree with the above answer. The recruiter was a prejudiced jerk. Dangnad (talk) 04:33, 19 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The rejection of Korematsu by the military recruiter when he was in highschool was in the 1930s. He must have developed the stomach ulcer later. TomRoch17 (talk) 01:17, 25 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

More

Liu, Ling Woo. "California Marks the First Fred Korematsu Day." TIME. Saturday January 19, 2011.

WhisperToMe (talk) 02:11, 31 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Why is this Class C?

Usually one finds substantive arguments about the substance of the main article in Discussion if the article is low-rated. The above postings are nit-picky and unimportant. If you know his correct birthdate, put it in there, ferchrissake. For Gryphon44: Read the article; the United States Supreme Court said he was a threat. One of the blocks above says something like '11 easy steps to make this a B article'. Just what the heck is wrong with this article? Also, I have a hard time believing the WikiProject Asian Americans would rate this article of "low importance". Wikipedia raters should be held accountable for their random acts of irrationality. Dangnad (talk) 04:33, 19 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Bad Link

This audio link is behind a subscriber wall to Michigan residents only, is that even allowed? "Looking Back at Japanese Internment Camps. (16:00-17:00 PM)(Fred Korematsu's fight for the rights of Japanese Americans being detained during World War II)(Broadcast transcript)(Audio file)." NA. Academic OneFile. Gale. Library of Michigan. 28 Sept. 2008 http://0-find.galegroup.com.elibrary.mel.org/itx/start.do?prodId=AONE — Preceding unsigned comment added by Smcinerney (talk • contribs) 01:13, 23 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox photo

User:Vivexdino, I have reverted your infobox photo change. If you have found an alternative high qualify photo to use in the infobox, that may be appropriate, but there is no reason to prefer a low quality cropped scan of a newspaper clipping over a high definition photograph. TimothyJosephWood 15:03, 30 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Sources for government evidence withholding?

End of second paragraph, what is the source used for this accusation? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Supersquirel500 (talk • contribs) 16:00, 30 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Added source. Vivexdino (talk) 16:18, 30 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Mistake in sidebar "Monuments"

Category is showing wrong in Monuments:

 	[[:Category:|Category:]]Fred T. Korematsu Elementary School in Davis  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.42.152.164 (talk) 17:16, 30 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 30 January 2017

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"unsubstantiated facts" is pomo pretzel. should be edited to "unsubstantiated assertions". Haquach (talk) 23:56, 30 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

For future reference, the extra traffic to this page was due to the 19 December 2024 Google Doodle celebrating his birthday. Tar-Elessar (talk) 03:35, 31 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Done EvergreenFir (talk) 06:40, 31 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Picture identities

Regarding this pic, anybody know off the top of their heads who the other two fellows are? I came here via google doodle, and I'm not really a subject matter expert. The Flickr account that it was taken from didn't specify. TimothyJosephWood 13:34, 1 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Left to right: Gordon Hirabayashi, Minoru Yasui, Fred Korematsu. — Myasuda (talk) 02:51, 2 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Awesome! Thanks! Added to the file description. TimothyJosephWood 13:14, 2 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Not overturned by Trump v. Hawaii

Executive Order 9066 was not 'overturned' as the article states, it was repudiated (yes there's a difference). See article Trump v. Hawaii and its cites for that action. Twang (talk) 01:40, 27 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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