As this article suggests, the USA should learn from other nations. I will just give this article’s readers some Canadian perspectives, anecdotal as they may be.
- The internment of Ukrainian Canadian in WW1.
- The dislocation of Chinese immigrants after the railroads were built.
- The internment of Japanese Canadians in WW2.
In all three of these cases, advocates kept the spotlight on the injustice for decades. Then, something happened. The Canadian government apologized for its wrong (the prime minister of the day made the apology). And relatively small funds were set up to be administered by the descendents of these communities. I believe most of these funds are used for scholarships.
The amazing thing about these actions is that the issues were no longer nipping at the government. Apology made; people moved on.
Of course, we have been trying to reach a similar conclusion with our First Nations people. We have, I believe, made some success — but there is more to do to get to the point of “people moving on.”
