Tom Hanks: America Overcoming Racism is ‘Taking an Awfully Long Time’

“I’d like to think that as our time has gone by and as Americans have found themselves in 2010, ignorance is being replaced by a certain amount of enlightenment and racism is going to be replaced eventually by an acceptance. It’s just taking an awfully long time.”

March 12, 2010 at 5:32 pm - CNS News
Dateline: Washington DC
Colascguy   March 12th, 2010 - 4:32 pm

What a moron the Japanese were using bonzai attacks and kamikaze attacks. Japanese military were trained to fight to last man. Thanks for trying to rewrite history Tom. What a liberal fool man the more he talks the more he disgust me.

Hmmm   March 12th, 2010 - 4:47 pm

Yes. It is taking the liberal elite a long time to get over racism. Well said, Mr Hanks.

As for the rest of us? Yeah we have been over it for decades. Thanks for asking.

john   March 12th, 2010 - 5:00 pm

Tom,

What’s relevant about WW2 today, forty years later

is what will also be relevant about Iraq and Iran, forty years from now…

Racism ie..ignorance is uneducated perceptions and behaviors instigated by

authorities for gains never intended for those pitted against each other.

Like managed dog fights entertaining greedy rich conceited manipulators.

Red Ruffansore   March 12th, 2010 - 5:02 pm

Shaddap Hanktard, you couldn’t sell liberal dogma by the side of a highway if you had acorn workers flagging people over. It’s jackasses like you that have kept the race baiting huckserism alive and well you Hollywood Candyass.

Jim   March 12th, 2010 - 5:37 pm

I’m over racism. Too bad Tom’s not.

BenDejo   March 12th, 2010 - 5:38 pm

Only for the left.

Commieobamie   March 12th, 2010 - 5:41 pm

Yea, I’m still waiting for these RACIST COMMUNISTS to accept REAL AMERICANS!

Qw   March 12th, 2010 - 5:44 pm

TAKE ACTION – END THE CRIMINAL RESERVE

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Snailmailtrucker   March 12th, 2010 - 5:45 pm

Would have been a lot better off if we didn’t have butt heads like you and Obama, Rev Jeremiah Wright, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Pelosi, Biden, and the entire liberal progressive Democrats team, trying divide the country every chance that you get!

4aRepublic   March 12th, 2010 - 5:49 pm

Another Forrest Gump moment. I think Hanks has lost it.

you play pretend for a living   March 12th, 2010 - 5:56 pm

probably because you could do nothing else!

You have no right to speak to decent HARD WORKING AMERICANS ASSHAT!

DISGUST FOR OBAMMY HADS NOTHING TO DO WITH RACE, $HIT_FOR_BRAINS!

Keep2theright   March 12th, 2010 - 5:56 pm

Ugh, Tom. Swilling from the Hollywood Kool-Aid for too long has made you soft in the head. The recent comments you made about America in WWII are going to cost you at the box office.

Until then, conservatives: check out http://www.keep2theright.com for “Don’t Blame Me, I Voted For The American” and other great stickers and gear.

Steven   March 12th, 2010 - 6:01 pm

Uh huh. Thats why we voted a black President.
Tom, shut up.

ron   March 12th, 2010 - 6:02 pm

Dear Mr. Hanks,
I am sad to hear that you think that my grandfathers who both fought as U.S soldiers in WWII was about racism and terrorism. I would think that one who has made several very good war movies about WWII would have his facts straight. Please read the “Rape of Nanking” and look again at the way the Jap’s treated our airmen captured on Ichi Jima. How America dragged its feet before entering the war in Europe. This of course is just a very small taste of the history that is available to you

Kindest

Guest   March 12th, 2010 - 6:07 pm

That’s because you and our progressives are the problem. You are the racists. Tommy, haven’t you read Margaret Sanger – one of your progressive founders? She hated blacks and wanted them all aborted.
Wise up tommy boy, it’s you who are the racist and it’s time you shut up and moved aside.

Tim Barnes   March 12th, 2010 - 6:14 pm

Tom seems to be correct on this one. Was he supposed to say something wrong. I agreed with him on this and I am an Unreconstructed Confederate.

myleftbrain   March 12th, 2010 - 6:14 pm

Unfortunately Mr. Hanks is right. I’ve been to South Central Los Angeles, and there’s just way too much racism there. It’s definitely no place for a white man, just ask Reginald Denny.

edword   March 12th, 2010 - 6:15 pm

What exactly is “racism”?

If the definition your thinking of really translates into “Caucasion reluctance to tolerate the
impossibly bad manners and behavior of segments of certain ethnic groups” than it’s narrow, dishonest and useless.

Racism as I understand it is a person of one ethnicity’s innate prejudice toward another’s ethnicity. It’s pervasive to all groups, natural and can never be “eliminated” Is it good? Of course not–but I am sick of it’s misuse in todays BS-minded culture.

zacal   March 12th, 2010 - 6:16 pm

I’ve seen Tom Hanks a few times in person, dealing with store clerks or whatever, and he seems like a genuinely nice guy. Trying to draw a comparison between the wars is most likely an attempt to make his new show relevant to today’s audience. I think he answered the questions pretty well and didn’t run from them. Anytime anyone speaks out about “war” and “racism” there’s going to be fallout.

and also, Tom   March 12th, 2010 - 6:17 pm

anyone that takes History lessons from a Hollywood movie or television show is a “damned fool.”

Ritty77   March 12th, 2010 - 6:20 pm

And the Left’s false accusations and whining will never end.

JoeKidd   March 12th, 2010 - 6:25 pm

Hey Tom, it sure doesn’t help when the President is a racist himself…

DA BEARRRRS   March 12th, 2010 - 6:25 pm

“Tehran Tom” speaks.

Rose   March 12th, 2010 - 6:29 pm

Gosh Tom, ya think if we weren’t reminded of the color of our skin 24/7 then just maybe we would get over it!

A.C.Guard   March 12th, 2010 - 6:32 pm

The marxist,would be dictator and Muslim Obama is doing everything he possibly can to bring back racism and the color of his skin is the least of the reasons why.

John Galt   March 12th, 2010 - 6:38 pm

nice job backing and filling tom…you total pussy..

john   March 12th, 2010 - 6:42 pm

Hanks — you don’t have a clue what you’re talking about.

30,000 white women are raped every year by blacks while zero black women are raped by whites, so who is victimizing who?? Go down the line on all violent crime and it’s sadly all like that, so don’t Nifong me brother.
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john   March 12th, 2010 - 6:42 pm

hanks??

yes sir   March 12th, 2010 - 6:45 pm

I’m sure Tom pays his servants well,so white of him.

Gordon Gecko   March 12th, 2010 - 6:45 pm

Racism is good. Racism works. Show me a “diverse” area and I will show you a cesspit of crime and decay.

Gordon Gecko   March 12th, 2010 - 6:46 pm

Racism is good. Racism works. Show me a “diverse” area and I will show you a c3sspit of crime and decay.

Thor   March 12th, 2010 - 6:46 pm

Well Tom Hanks, I guess your comment and character shows that it is going to take America centuries to overcome and conquer ignorance.

Klyph   March 12th, 2010 - 6:46 pm

Hanks if right. Most liberals display their racism through over compensation.

Gordon Gecko   March 12th, 2010 - 6:46 pm

R4cism is good. R4cism works. Show me a “diverse” area and I will show you a cesspit of crime and decay.

yes sir   March 12th, 2010 - 6:48 pm

I bet Tom pays his servants well, how white of him.

Klyph   March 12th, 2010 - 6:48 pm

Hanks is right. The racism of most liberals is evident in how they over compensate.

Give it a rest   March 12th, 2010 - 6:49 pm

These people need to give it a rest. They complain about and oppose wars, but they are the first to make money off of movies about them. Hypocritical!

Why are the Libs so hung up on race. They call conservative racist, yet Libs are the only ones bringing it up. Hypocritical!

I’m not watching them anymore. Whoever runs their mouth like this, these Liberal Stars, I will not watch again until they KNOCK IT OFF!

Give it a rest!

Dave, Tn   March 12th, 2010 - 6:53 pm

I don’t like pinko people of any color and want nothing to do with them. I’m I a racist?

quivive   March 12th, 2010 - 6:55 pm

Time to increase the medication Tom. Joe the valcanoe was just a movie, a bad one at that. It’s also time to find new friends outside your racist elitist gaggle.

Belus   March 12th, 2010 - 7:00 pm

Of course there was racism in the Pacific. The Japanese considered themselves to be the master race and everyone else was subhuman. If Tom wants to ignore the criminal acts the Japanese commited to the Americans then he should look at what the Japanese did to the Koreans and Chinese. The Japanese hated the Americans.

Moira   March 12th, 2010 - 7:02 pm

Looks like Tom has regressed back to his “Bachelor Party” days…

Seansie   March 12th, 2010 - 7:05 pm

Who is he again? Oh, Forrest Gump.

Eileen for Freedom/Liberty   March 12th, 2010 - 7:07 pm

America…Little Tommy is a Democratzi ‘loon’ of the highest degree.

Hiding behind the disguise of being an upstanding, intelligent America!

No more Tom Hanks for me and mine!

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1. WE “THE PEOPLE” ARE INFORMED!
2. WE “THE PEOPLE” ARE INVOLVED!
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ONE (1) SLUG DOWN…FIFTY-NINE (59) SLUGS TO GO – GUARANTEED!

IMPEACHMENT OR THE ‘ORIGINAL’ RECORDS OF BIRTH…IT IS JUST A MATTER OF TIME…AND 2010 WILL BE THE TIME!

ObamaNation   March 12th, 2010 - 7:08 pm

This history of the World is “GROUP CONFLICT” and will continue to be so http://www.AMREN.com

True American   March 12th, 2010 - 7:08 pm

no one cares what hanks says, stupid is what stupid does

mudforbrains   March 12th, 2010 - 7:12 pm

Hey the Racism business has been very very good to me, don’t knock it.
Al Sharpton

Dan   March 12th, 2010 - 7:17 pm

Thats why he acted like a idiot prior to going on the Morning Joe show doing a voice over for a news story acting like the fool he is, he’s a race baiter like the rest of them, Sharpton is the worst of ‘em IMO and Nancy is right up there as well, Hanks needs to stay away from DC and move the hell out of hollywood if he wishes to succeed further in making movies !!! Anyone who wishes to get in to politics also needs to understand Hollywood will do you no favors and their money is tainted with Racism just like the ACLU is tainted from the top down !!! Those of us who are true blue Conservatives and law abiding citizens have for the longest time gotten over the racism it’s just the elites on both the East & West Coast that forgot how to look beyond those years and move along to better things in life !!

LA Doc   March 12th, 2010 - 7:25 pm

So, if you don’t buy into the race-baiting, victim-peddling, simple-minded, PC bullcrap spewing from our pseudointellectual betters in Hollyweird or moonbat Frisco, then you are a racist. I see, it’s so clear to me now. I’m such a baaaaad person. WAH!

DrEdu   March 12th, 2010 - 7:29 pm

“It’s just taking an awfully long time.””

Maybe it is that way for you, Tom. I am not exactly white and I think America (at least on the Republican side) has stopped being obsessed with race yeas back.

Fact of the matter is that President George W Bush had the most diverse cabinet ever! And, How about Collin P or Condy Rice?

Meanwhile it is the Democrats the ones who use race at every turn.

But I guess the facts are too boring for a sophisticated parrot like you.

no way   March 12th, 2010 - 7:35 pm

What do think the japanese called us during WWII and how they regarded us Tom, stop comparing now and then.

CHECKERS   March 12th, 2010 - 7:39 pm

I promise to never again so long as I walk this earth buy a DVD movie with Tom Hanks in it, go see a Tom Hanks movie, and never patronize or buy anything with which Tom Hanks is associated! That goes for Sean Penn, Stephen Spielberg, and the other Hollywood idiots who use their position to spout off in a way I see as subversive to American values.

Old marine   March 12th, 2010 - 7:41 pm

I would not be so hard on Mr. Hanks. The war in the Pacific did have a lot of racism. Where he was wrong was not pointing out how the Japs committed the atrocities, not the U.S., unless it was a marine lopping of the ears of a dead jap. However, the marines in the pacific campaign hated the japs, hated their race, which we considered subhuman. As they were acting subhuman at the time, I believe this “racism” was justified.

montanarocks   March 12th, 2010 - 7:45 pm

John @6:42p…..Wow are those facts correct? That is a startling statistic.

Ted   March 12th, 2010 - 7:47 pm

Would Tom relocate his family from where ever he lives to a “Ghetto” of folks different from him. just asking?

if we elected obama i think that speaks for itself.   March 12th, 2010 - 7:49 pm

america didnt have a problem with racism until obama began running and using racism as a tool
for every criticism of him; unfortunately far too many took the bait.

Annoyed   March 12th, 2010 - 7:49 pm

Hanks is a great actor and producer. I hope he does not add himself to the list of big-mouth dumb-ass actors whom I no longer respect, including Damon and that c0cksucker, Penn.

Joe   March 12th, 2010 - 7:55 pm

So what is your point Tommy boy? You were just over at Barry’s place the other day. Why are you hanging out with racists? mmm…mmm…mmm!!

The Phoenician   March 12th, 2010 - 8:03 pm

Race baiters like Hanks delay the process of eradicating racism.

Too, the Progressive Plantation requires that minorities be kept apart from the mainstream. It’s part of their plan.

Notice, for example, that the City of Chicago is the most segregated of any large US city – and Democrats have had complete control of the city and of Cook County for over 50 years.

LoneSurvivor   March 12th, 2010 - 8:06 pm

Hey, Hollywood Hanks … The Rape of Nanking, the Bataan Death March, Japanese treatment of Koreans during WWII (prior also), Japanese soldiers eating American soldiers on remote islands during WWII (keeping them alive and carving away at them because a dead body would have rotted and not been edible).

The Hollywood sect of Scientology really is a deadly mental disease.

melli50   March 12th, 2010 - 8:20 pm

And we care what these yahoos from hollywood think because…? I’m sorry…why do we care?

Marv   March 12th, 2010 - 8:33 pm

The world according to Tom Hanks: Germany, Italy, and Japan allies. Germany vs US not racism, Italy vs US not racism, Japan vs US racism. US fighting covert in China for the Chinese vs Japan, US racist against both China and Japan. US internment camps holding Japanese, racism. US internment camps holding Germans, not racism. Someone tell me liberalism isn’t a mental disorder.

Muggins   March 12th, 2010 - 8:56 pm

Exactly right Marv. In Tom Hanks’ world if you fight back against someone who doesn’t look like you, you are a racist.

fgump   March 12th, 2010 - 9:01 pm

Tommy needs a handler to follow him around and pluck lint from his jacket lapel…my god?!

Jim   March 12th, 2010 - 9:12 pm

Tom- meet Projection. Oh I see you have met. I am sorry.

B17Engr   March 12th, 2010 - 9:14 pm

Tom Hanks, you are stupid.
I was told that if I didn’t vote for Obama that I was a racist!
Well I’m a racist and a WW2 veteran and I don’t like what Obama is doing to this country.
MY COUNTRY!!
OBAMA IS THE RACIST and he’s proved this many times.
Remember the Boston cop? and many other remarks he made. I’m 85 years old and hope to live long enough to se that Kenyan communist out!
Show me your birth certificate, Obama.
Your grandmother said SHE VISITED YOU WHEN YOU WERE BORN IN KENYA!

matt   March 12th, 2010 - 9:25 pm

Another fine actor who should realize acting and intelligence do not go hand in hand. What a fool.

ninety   March 12th, 2010 - 9:44 pm

The interview with Hanks that we see in this clip is thoughtful. I think he is mainly saying that racism pervaded both sides in the Pacific war as it almost must in ever war since it is very had to kill large numbers of people who you think are basically just as good as you. I don’t think he was knocking the US. Its good but very rare to see someone in he news who is trying to think about very unpleasant stuff. Doing so is sure to make everyone a little angry. It’s unavoidable.

duncan   March 12th, 2010 - 10:12 pm

Ol Tom is hanging around speilberg too much. Hes becoming a expoit too.
Maybe the enlightened duo can make a film on the terrorist acts of the stern gang & irgun during and after the war.

Now keep it honest you two!!!

duncan   March 12th, 2010 - 10:13 pm

OMG whats wrong with the comment, you pansy?

duncan   March 12th, 2010 - 10:15 pm

FOR WHAT?

slinger   March 12th, 2010 - 10:17 pm

*sigh*… remember when everyone was ditching their dixie chicks cd’s? sad that I’m trashing my tom dvd’s- I liked ’saving prvt. ryan’ (oh, yeah, that had palin bashin’ matt damon, too).

my point? the dems are destroying themselves- i think hollywood is, too… worse than ever before. the scale of america’s desire for entertainment might just tip towards our intolerance of these
false preachers. We may just plain boycott their little-messages-in-their-movies-crap.

duncan   March 12th, 2010 - 10:17 pm

Ted @7:47 Kudos!!

retiredat44   March 12th, 2010 - 10:21 pm

i will never ever spend a dime on his movies, nor watch him on any show.. what a dooshbag

wimperwimper   March 12th, 2010 - 10:22 pm

hanks is just another liberal left wing creep!!! SHUT THE PIE HOLE – LEAVE THE COUNTRY WITH ALL YOUR CRONIES – WE’LL ALL BE HAPPY TO CHIP IN TO GET YOU OUT OF HERE. Just keep right on with your racism bullcrap so you can somehow drum up a case for it. FORGET IT – WAKE UP AMERICA TO THESE BONEHEADS.

James   March 12th, 2010 - 10:23 pm

It hard to beleive at times this man is kin to our 16th president, to call the war in the pacific racist is wrong, does anyone remember Pearl Harbor. The Japanese were without honor and were without shame at that time in history. Mr. Hanks saying that the term “kill them all” is a form of racism is funny. The meaning of “kill them all” is in realtion to the killing of Japanese soldiers on the battlefield, and not to the civiliian population of the Japanese. Yes during any war you will have civilian deaths, that is war, like it or leave it its the truth. He does our service people harm who served during that time, and gives our enemy shelter. These men and women who struggled through the Great Depression, and World War II deserve more than being called racist It is because of them that makes it possible for Mr. Hanks to say whatever he wants. He does not understand what a gift they all gave us.

I love all the men and women of that time, and as Mr. Brokaw said at one time “the greatest generation”, I do agree without a doubt. As a veteran I salute all my brothers and sisters from that golden era of time. I love you all, and I will follow you to hell and back!

fedex   March 12th, 2010 - 10:25 pm

Tom thinks we are just a bunch of coconuts bobbin’ along on the sea of life. Bless his little overpaid, arrogant heart.:)

tom the toon can anyone take this wackjob seriously   March 12th, 2010 - 10:27 pm

liberal sociopaths like tom hanks are a part of the most elevated circle in the most elitest subculture in our
society however that subculture is in fact also the most protected group of mentally deranged narcissists anywhere
in the world. Little miss hanks is shielded from reality in his precious liberal elitist bubble therefore he will
never be forced to meet a challenge by anyone that would directly confront him on his lies and misinformation of which
he so ardently believes.

mouthbreather   March 12th, 2010 - 10:32 pm

What Mr. Hanks fails to realize is we don’t like his white half either!
It’s not skin color but Marxist policy that we reject!!!!

TO TOM   March 12th, 2010 - 10:39 pm

Tom, you’re from OAKLAND. You know the score. You know the TRUTH. WHY are you spouting this crap? WHO do you think it serves to keep RACE BAITING like this? WAKE UP! (And GROW UP, as well.)

TH   March 12th, 2010 - 11:02 pm

Tom Hanks can go %$#$%@! himself….

oldbluesboy   March 12th, 2010 - 11:30 pm

Arrogant punk. Just because you can act doesn’t mean you have good sense.

jdog   March 12th, 2010 - 11:31 pm

Tom… it is really tough to see what is happening on the ground from your ivory tower. Racism as you describe is dead in the real world. The only place it exists is in the progressive circles you frequent. Your concerns are exhausting for the rest of us.

wilmac   March 12th, 2010 - 11:34 pm

that question about nobama sure made him nervous,,look how he starts rocking back n forth like a 3yr ole that has to pee. just another liberal incoherent jackazz. its entertaining to make fun of them after they say stupid things tho.,,F.U. mr Hanks.,does he kno them funkn japs attacked us.,,dont think he does. i really hate these fukn libs.

oldbluesboy   March 12th, 2010 - 11:34 pm

How arrogant. Acting doesn’t give you good sense.

JoeTulsa   March 12th, 2010 - 11:41 pm

WWII was not fought over racism, you idiot, Tom Hanks. It was fought because
we were attacked. If you want to get racism into the dialogue, you might
look at the internment of Japanese Americans in camps under the Democrats.

You know, most libs are stupid, they don’t realize that it was

DEMOCRATS who:
* stood in the doorways of schools preventing blacks from entering in the 1960’s
* interned Japanese Americans during WWII
* supported slavery during the Civil War.

Lincoln was a Republican, if you care to read the history books.

oldbluesboy   March 12th, 2010 - 11:43 pm

No more money for his movies.

wilmac   March 12th, 2010 - 11:48 pm

i lik how he rocks back n forth like a lil kid that has to pee.
maybe his movie big was for reals..any how F.U. Mr Hanks,.jackazz.

Rebecca   March 13th, 2010 - 12:04 am

Yeah Tom, I’m sure you think we haven’t talked about it enough. You know what the truth is? WE NEED TO STOP TALKING ABOUT RACISM. Let it die of inattention. If you keep picking a scab, it never heals. The more we talk about racism, the more it divides us. There will ALWAYS be idiots, creeps, criminals, ignoramuses, people who are perpetually angry, some prefer cats over dogs, some hate the desert, some don’t eat meat, some prefer wine, some dance, some drink, some surf, some fish, some spend too much money, some are fat, some are over-achievers, some are loners, some drive too fast, some cry too easily, some are great mothers, some are broke, some are successful. MEMO TO HOLLYWOOD AND THE MEDIA: THE 80′S ARE OVER. IT DIDN’T WORK. TALKING ENDLESSLY ABOUT THINGS IS USELESS. LET RACISM DIE A DEATH OF INATTENTION AND LET’S ALL JUST BE A MEMBER OF THE HUMAN RACE.

Rebecca   March 13th, 2010 - 12:04 am

Oh, and I forgot to mention. WE ELECTED A BLACK PRESIDENT IN 2008. Remember that, Tom?

Gandhi's Fist   March 13th, 2010 - 12:27 am

Hanks’s thesis is “racist.” To whom is he directing his criticism. Would that be towards the countless minorities who harbor a brand of hate towards white folk? Nope, we all know who he is leveling this charge at and why, too. This has to do with Obama and his sinking popularity. Listen Tom, a country that puts an Obama is certainly gotten over the racist liable. Perhaps they’re stupid, but most certainly not racist.

Or is his comments aimed at the slave owning countries of the world today? Probably not, due to the politically correct aversion to calling a spade a spade.

Hanks, you’re an okay actor, but a dunce of gumpian proportions when commenting on such topics like you’re an authority.

Drano   March 13th, 2010 - 12:48 am

If you check the 2010 census race check boxes you will find about 15 different choices. Sounds to me like the gov’t is the number one racist in town, and right now that is the dimocrats in charge. The obvious purpose for that is to dole out gov’t money on the basis of race.

In fact there is every race imaginable listed except the 2nd largest racial group in America, the Celtic people otherwise known as Irish and Scottish.

txmike   March 13th, 2010 - 1:15 am

Tom Hamas Hanks trys to act like he knows what he is talking about but all I saw was a lot of backpeddling. Stupid progtur ds

Terry   March 13th, 2010 - 1:28 am

JoeTulsa March 12th, 2010 – 11:41 pm

It was fought because we were attacked.

The American victim. Wrong. The commie FDR supported his commie friends the Soviets and the international banksters HQ’ed in London. Giving material support means we were not neutral. Further, read the McCollum Memo to see that we were goading Japan to attack us.

linda   March 13th, 2010 - 1:47 am

I was offended by Tom Hanks and what he said. My father sacrificed his life in this war and here he is tearing down what my father believed was a great cause to give us freedom from those who wanted to take over the world. I will never watch another movie of this disgusting man.

saskia   March 13th, 2010 - 1:51 am

Mr. Hanks, my Grandfather was taken by the Japs away from his home and family in Indonesia and forced to work in the jungles of Burma on the Burma Thai railroad. He was a Math professor, andposed little threat to them. Meanwhile, my Father and Uncles were forceably marched across the country and placed in Internment camps with my Grandmother. The Internment camps here in the US were country clubs in comparision to the camps the Japs put my family in, in Indonesia. The Japanese never paid reparations. You have not and will never see the Japanese agonizing over the torture and death they brought to Indonesia and my fanily. No Japanese actors or directors will be making HBO specials and worrying about the racism the Japs showed all non-Japanese throughout the Pacific front. I am sick and tired of stupid liberals constantly apologizing to everyone, everywhere for the sins of the past. We owe no apologies for being the greatest and most generous nation on Earth. God bless America and God forgive stupid liberals like Hanks.

Lindy ILL   March 13th, 2010 - 2:08 am

Hey, Tom: The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, remember? America didn’t start the war. The Asian-born Japanese non-caucasians murdered thousands of Americans in a deliberate act of war.

When will you superficial, uneducated Hollywood elites stop your disgusting America-bashing? My dad enlisted in the U. S, Marine Corps the day after he graduated from high school, 6 months after the Japs bombed Pearl Harbor–you played a soldier in a World War II Movie: KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT! YOU ARE A NOBODY! YOU DON’T KNOW THE MEANING OF THE WORD HERO! YOU AND ALL YOUR TINSEL TOWN SISSY FRIENDS ARE FRAUDS!

YOUR ARTIFICIAL HOLLYWOOD OPINIONS ARE IRRELEVANT. GO AND CRAWL BACK UNDER YOUR ROCK.

Snailmailtrucker   March 13th, 2010 - 3:45 am

Right on Checkers!

I have been doing that for years!

CHECKERS March 12th, 2010 – 7:39 pm

I promise to never again so long as I walk this earth buy a DVD movie with Tom Hanks in it, go see a Tom Hanks movie, and never patronize or buy anything with which Tom Hanks is associated! That goes for Sean Penn, Stephen Spielberg, and the other Hollywood idiots who use their position to spout off in a way I see as subversive to American values.

(can I say “Right On”?)… I think that was a saying that my black brothers and sisters used to use, back in the 60’s and 70’s, and I sure wouldn’t want to steal anything from them!)

Hey Tom Hanks, am I being a RACIST?
(too F-ing bad you freaking weenie!)

mike   March 13th, 2010 - 3:56 am

He said it himself.Now lets not be selective Tommy Boy.History does repeat itself.Can u also think of anything other things that seem to be repeating themselves you pos traitor?

Grrr.Stop posting this moron.He’s an actor.He can pretend to be knowledgeable about any topic when he’s just a fact manipulator and cherry picker.

Another thing tommy boy in case u haven’t noticed racism has begun to reverse.Black people are high in power everywhere with the farm while anything white only related gets burned down the first day of mentioning.I hate it when Rich people try to act like average joes.Clueless.

shane2813   March 13th, 2010 - 4:12 am

This is why I don’t watch movies anymore. These people are SICKOS!!! MARXIST=DEMOCRATS=TERRORIST All the same ask the TOOL Little Tommy.

To Saskia   March 13th, 2010 - 5:30 am

Thank you for an excellent, articulate and thought-provoking post!

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