How Do People Best Respond To Conflict

Japanese-American Internment was the relocation of many Japanese-American and Japanese descendents into camps known as “War Relocation Camps” during World War II (specifically after the attack on Pearl Harbor). In 1942, the United States government relocated and interned approximately 120,000 Japanese-American citizens and people of Japanese descent into relocation camps. This internment lasted for about four years, and was backed by the government as well as the president. The last relocation camp was closed in January 1946, five months after World War II officially ended.

Everyone that even looked to be Japanese would be mistrusted and be labeled as “the enemy.” On February 19, 1942 President Roosevelt issued an executive order which rounded up every Japanese person that lived in the US as they were seen to be threats to the nation. Many endured names such as being called an “alien.” In March, the government shipped the Japanese to relocation camps where they were sure to be not in contact with the enemy. Any former possession that the internees might had had were usually gone shortly afterwards as their lands would be repressed. Despite the fact that most of these Japanese were Nisei, native-born American citizens whose parents were Japanese, and that some volunteered for military service they were still put into these camps. They were housed in barracks and used communal areas, for washing and eating. Over half of those taken in were merely children. These camps were then overseen by military personnel. All internees over the age of 17 were given a loyalty test were they were asked questions. 120,000 Japanese were taken in, and only 60,000 survived. In 1988, the U.S. Congress passed legislation which awarded formal payments of $20,000 each to the surviving internees. At the end of the war some remained in the US and rebuilt their lives, others however were unforgiving and returned to Japan.

Another issue that the internees dealt was the small space in which they were now required to live, which consisted of small bunks which were occupied by entire families, or multiple families depending on their size. And when some families would share a bunk, the room dividers between each family sometimes didn’t even reach the ceiling.

Japanese immigrants and their descendants, regardless of American citizenship status or length of residence, were systematically rounded up and placed in detention centers. Evacuees, as they were sometimes called, could take only as many possessions as they could carry and were housed in crude, cramped quarters. In the western states, camps on remote and barren sites such as Manzanar and Tule Lake housed thousands of families whose lives were interrupted and in some cases destroyed by Executive Order 9066. Many lost businesses, farms and loved ones as a

Japanese Americans had to leave the zone by direct and indirect force, and the government passed the law which gave the military authority to move Nisei and Issei (34). Along with that, the Executive Order 9012, passed in March, created the War Relocation Authority (WRA) (35). The WRA’s job was to take charge of the internees after they were moved to the camps (35). The Japanese American Citizen League (JACL) tried to fight against it. However, because it was too young and they were afraid that Americans would think they were really spies if they won’t cooperate, JACL decided to follow WRA (36). Furthermore, in “March 27, DeWitt issued Public Proclamation Number 4 which forced persons of Japanese ancestry to stay in military zone 1 after the end of the month, and on March 27, DeWitt issued Exclusion Order Number 1 in which persons of Japanese ancestry were moved from Washington to camp in Manzanar, California” (37). During the war, there were more than 100 evacuation orders and, through this, the innocent Japanese Americans suffered the consequences (37).

Japanese-Americans were finally permitted to to back to their West Coast homes-if they proved to be completely loyal to the United States- in the beginning of 1945 (History.com Staff, 2009). They were definitely loyal if they didn’t try to resist in the relocation centers. Finally, in March 1946 the last Internment Camp closed (History.com Staff, 2009). This did not stop the hate towards everyone of Japanese ancestry once they were released. Unfortunately, when the order was repealed the citizens that were put through hardships for so long had more problems at hand when they still were subject to hostile actions against them. Congress tried to apologize for this and more by paying each Japanese-American put in a camp twenty-thousand dollars in 1988 (“Japanese-American Internment”). Still, no money was enough to pay back all the years of suffering. Contrary to Congress’s efforts, Japanese-Americans still felt tortured after being

“It became routine for me to line up three times a day to eat lousy food in a noisy mess hall. It became normal for me to go with my father to bathe in a mass shower. Being in a prison, a barbed-wire prison camp, became my normality” (Takei). This except from George Takei’s personal account of living in internment, displays the grimness of internment. Just as thousands of other Japanese-Americans, he and his family were forced from their home during World War II, sent to Internment prison, and stripped of their American rights. Many actions and ideas led to the unjust internment and betrayal of over 110,000 Japanese-Americans.

Between the years of 1942- 1945, the lives of many Japanese Americans were changed. The attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese military made the United States concerned about national security. The US was also made wary of Japanese people living in America, even though they were legal citizens. This fear of the Japanese immigrants put into motion the document that would forever leave an impact on the unsuspecting Asian foreigners. The Japanese were often lead away from their homes, mistreated, and in the end they were released after years of imprisonment, but the effects of the tragedy were too great to ignore.

These are just a few of the example regarding the civil wars that have damaged the countries as a whole due to fighting over the land's resources.

What is conflict? According to Dictionary.com, conflict is to come to fight, contend, or to battle. Having a positive attitude is the best response to Conflict, especially in a war. For example, Anne Frank, she was in hiding for 2 years and she still kept positive by using a bucket of glue and pictures to decorate her tiny room in hiding. First a great example of showing a positive attitude during conflict is Anne Frank.

Throughout history, there have been many conflicts which people eventually came up with a solution for. In order to find such solutions to a conflict, one must think rationally. Although some say that positivity has a more beneficial effect, positive thinking does not help as far as solving the actual problem at hand.

Japanese were taken from their homes, internments and raped. They were even killed for medical purposes and experiments. On one night during

Summary: In the past years, people has lived in a civil society until the end of the Cold War. Since then, the world has contained feuds, bombings, terror attacks, and strife.

Winston Churchill once said “ Come then, let us go forward together with our united strength.” ( Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat) Churchill was giving one of his most iconic speeches, and bringing hope to Great Britain. The people of Great Britain needed this hope to fight against the Axis Powers. In the U.S, the war actually brought them together and got them through the Great Depression. After the war was won people in the U.S and in Great Britain were so proud to be in their country. They were never more unified.

Another essential way to use the reality of conflict to enhance problem solving and decision making is for each group member to conscientiously apply the following