Pros And Cons Of Japanese Internment

     For over a century, the United States has been one of the most powerful and influential states on the globe. However, every nation has made mistakes in its past. Throughout our country’s history, certain groups have had to endure horrible injustices: the enslavement of African-Americans, the removal of Native Americans, and discrimination against immigrants, women, homosexuals, and every other minority. During World War II, the government crossed the line between defending the nation and violating human rights, when it chose to relocate Japanese residents to internment camps. The actions taken by the U.S. government against Japanese Americans and Japanese living in the

December 7th, 1941, the Imperial Japanese Army successfully pulled of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. After this attack the government of Canada used the war measures act to remove all Japanese Canadian citizens that live 160km from the Pacific Coast and put them in internment camps until 1949, four years after WW2. Fast Forward to 1988 and the Canadian government gives an apology to the Japanese, however the apology was for more than just Japanese Internment it was for the pain and suffering, discrimination, and for leaving Japanese citizens with nothing.

“In February of 1942 Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered the relocation of all people of Japanese ancestry living on the West Coast of the United States. (Friedler, 1).” Japanese Americans were sent to concentration camps. While these camps were not “death” camps like the ones for the Jews in Germany, the living conditions were very harsh.

While there are many benefits of an executive order, the President should not be able to use them as it is overstepping their boundaries with Congress. They serve as a way for the President to abuse his power and they go against what is stated in the Preamble of the Constitution, deeming them unconstitutional.

Prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the idea that every Japanese-American was guilty of being Japanese and apart of the Japanese government. Since this mass hysteria spread, the U.S. drove 127,000 Japanese-Americans into internment camps for the duration of WW2. In these internment camps, also known as concentration camps, the Japanese Americans had no say in who they were, what they believed in, and who they were fight for. If you were born with any Japanese blood running through you system, you were automatically a target. Two-thirds of the prisoners were born in the U.S., many never even stepped foot on Japan.

In 1942 the evacuation of the Japanese Americans from the West Coast was mainly because the FDR believed that after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Japanese Americans were inherently disloyal to the United States. This caused the President to issue evacuation of all Japanese Americans from the West Coast War zones, and they were forced to live in the internment camps. This caused much loss for them, and caused the Japanese Americans to have to fight for their freedoms. It is important for us to understand the historical event of Japanese Internment Camps, because it helps us understand why equality of races is so important, along

In conclusion, the internment was justified because the United States could not afford another attack on one of their military

Japanese Americans were treated harshly because Americans turned their anger on the Japanese Americans for a crime that was committed by Japan. Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, after that the Americans had a fear of being attacked on the west coast, this caused the relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps. The internment of Japanese Americans was disgraceful and in hindsight unnecessary. But, because the United States feared that Japan was to attack the Japanese Americans would stay loyal to their country and fight against them, so their relocation was a strategy to defeat Japan. Still taking innocent Japanese Americans away from their homes for no reason other than them having Japanese blood in them is absolutely disgraceful. Especially because some of them fought with the United States in WWI. They had to spend the days of the war crammed in camps. Two and a half years later the order was reformed, and in 1945 the last camp was closed. Japanese were sent to internment camps after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, with the United States fearing that they would be attacked on the west coast by the Japanese, they sent the Japanese Americans to internment camps for the time of the war.

The internment of Japanese Americans in the United States during World War II was the forced relocation and incarceration in camps in the western interior of the country of between 110,000 and 120,000[5] people of Japanese ancestry, most of whom lived on the Pacific coast. 62 percent of the internees were United States citizens.[6][7] These actions were ordered by President Franklin D. Roosevelt shortly after Imperial Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.[8]

The start of world war two is what created the start to the Japanese internment, but why would America lock up innocent Japanese Americans, because they are sacred? The Japanese Americans should not have been put in camps because of the pearl harbor bombing, which was when the Japanese bombed the US naval fleet in hawaii in 1941. The start of world war two is what made a lot of the Americans scared that the Japanese would strike again, so America thought it would be best if we put the Japanese Americans living in the western side of the united states in camps and take away their freedom. The Japanese living in the western side had all their rights and fun taken away from them just for something that they had nothing to do with, other than they

Was the Japanese internment necessary? This question is seldom asked because, from today’s perspective, this act seems cruel and discriminatory. America didn’t mindlessly incarcerate Japanese in Internment camps since one has to remember the context of this time. There was the possibility of spies like the ones that gave away the location of our ships in Hawaii and a general fear of saboteurs which caused the Japanese internment to be necessary for our safety and eventually theirs if our citizens got to the point of lashing out against the Japanese.

Moving on, the interment of the Japanese Americans was a immensely racist action primarily for its indifference to other races. The internment of Japanese Americans only imprisoned those of Japanese descent. Furthermore, America justified this as a war act but the war was not against japan, it was against Japan, Italy, and Germany. Now one would ask, “were people

Detention camps are something that could have never happened in America, right? Imagine countless Americans being locked away for being a certain race or religion. It doesn't sound like something that could happen in a country like America. During World War II, it happened in many places in Europe. The people in the camps were tortured, starved, and even killed. Then eventually something similar happened in America. In December of 1941, the Japanese bombed America and as a result, countless Japanese Americans were sent to camps where they were isolated from the rest of the country. The internment of Japanese Americans during World War II negatively influenced Washington State. It caused long-lasting psychological effects, many prejudices against

There have been long debates on whether we should have used internment camps, especially during World War II when we put all the Japanese Americans into captivity after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. I strongly believe that we, Americans should not have put all the Japanese (innocent and all) into the internment camps. One article talks about a man who was put into an internment camp and afterward when all the Japanese Americans were released, he fought against the Americans telling them that it was not right. Another article talks about how all the Japanese Americans were forced out of their homes. Finally, the last article talked about the environment they had to live in, in the internment camps.

The internment of Japanese-Americans was justified because proper security measures had to be taken, citizens had to perform their patriotic duty, and Japanese Americans would be willing to stay loyal to Japan. To begin, the internment of the Japanese Americans could be defended because proper security measures had to be taken. After the attack, people were scared. This was one of the