The Pros And Cons Of Japanese Internment

The core of the Japanese experience in Canada lies in the shameful and almost undemocratic suspension of human rights that the Canadian government committed during World War II. As a result, thousands of Japanese were uprooted to be imprisoned in internment camps miles away from their homes. While only a small percentage of the Japanese living in Canada were actually nationals of Japan, those who were Canadian born were, without any concrete evidence, continuously being associated with a country that was nothing but foreign to them. Branded as “enemy aliens”, the Japanese Canadians soon came to the realization that their beloved nation harboured so much hate and anti-Asian sentiments that Canada was becoming just as foreign to them as

The apology given in Parliament to Canadians of Japanese descent for sending them to internment camps during World War II.

Imagine living under constant apprehension and fear of the Japanese-Americans.  You could never truly trust their motives, and could never do anything freely.  Well that's what went through the American's minds after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.  At once, there was a constant threat in the air of the Japanese-Americans secretly working and helping Japan.  The United States as a whole questioned their loyalty, and therefore put forth the Japanese internment.  I feel that the United States was justified in separating the Japanese-Americans from the mainstream population.  According to the video, it was time of war and the commander-in-chief was given the permission to do whatever he wanted, including discriminate.  After Pearl Harbor, the Japanese

Shortly after the first bombs were dropped on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941, the American people’s fear of the Japanese grew dramatically, especially for those Japanese living in America. Almost every Japanese American was seen as a threat to the country. On February 19th, 1942, Executive Order 9066 was issued by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, authorizing the relocation of Japanese Americans to camps further inland. Over 175,000 Japanese Americans were affected in some way by the order, even though more than 70,000 of them were born in the United States and were American citizens. The common perspective of the American people was shown through their use of the expression “A Jap’s a Jap,” virtually destroying the thought that any

During WWII, after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941, the United States, under Franklin D. Roosevelt, put all Japanese Americans in internment camps because they were seen as a threat to America's safety. Even though at the time, this was seen as a success to the white population since American Exceptionalism was prominent in society, later presidents soon realized the mistake of using Japanese Internment camps. American Exceptionalism was evident because FDR helped to led American and the world out of the Great Depression and the United States played a big role in helping the allied powers win in WWI. To attempt to fix the mistake of enforcing Japanese Internment camps, in the early 90's, George H. W. Bush made a speech to the ancestors of these Japanese Americans apologizing for the use of these camps and offered them money. Therefore, approximately fifty years later, the government realized the mistake they made by putting Japanese Americans into Internment camps at the start of WWII by giving a formal apology to the ancestors of these Americans which exemplifies the Bush Administration's character in a positive

Economically, those who failed to prove they are Canadian lose their jobs because it is a security risk according to the War Measures Act. Moreover, they did not just lose their jobs, but also their homes and self-ran businesses. All of their homes and businesses are destroyed before they are sent to the internment camps. The government of Canada took all of the belongings of the Japanese and Italians whilst sending them to camps. In 1946, the government of Canada institutes the Japanese Property Claims Commission. This commission allows the Japanese to speak out their thoughts of being treated unfairly. Nor was it until 1988 when the government gave $20k as an apology to each living survivor. As a result, after all the hard effort the Japanese and Italians put into own homes and shops, the privilege of living and working where they want is taken away due to being forced to live in internment

A reason why it was an act of racism is because even though their ethnicity is japanese, they are still an american citizen. Although they were american citizens, they were still placed into internment camps because the government believed that they were a threat. As a result, they made a justification to place japanese-americans into internment camps. In paragraph 4 of the article “Japanese-American Internment Was An Unnecessary And A Racist Act” it states, “ Uno says the claim that japanese-americans were relocated for their own protection was ‘sheery hypocrisy’ and denies that japanese-americans posed a national security threat. Instead, he calls the relocation a crime attributable to ‘racism’ and economic and political oppurtunism.” This supports my claim because it shows how placing japanese americans was an act of racism. Like I said, even though their ethnicity is japanese, they are still an american citizen.

Japanese Internment can not be justified by the United States government. The United States government, in the twentieth century can not justify the Internment of Japanese Americans and their families. Many will argue that in times of war that difficult decisions and choices have to be made on behalf of the nation at war. World War II highlighted the actions of a nation, embracing and expediting the actions and decisions while not seeing the long term consequence of such decisions. People in support of the war and the policies of our government, will argue that they needed to make the war more efficient to shorten the war and spare our nation needless lost of life. Can a society sacrifice moral principles as they blur the lines of its citizens and its enemies?

     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

Secondly, he after effects from the Japanese internment camps changed the views of the Japanese Canadians in regards to minority rights in Canada. This is because they realized that they couldn't just let the discrimination of the Japanese Canadians go and they demanded justice. After the Japanese Canadians were released from internment camps they were lost. Their house and possessions were sold off by the Canadian government without their permission, they had virtually nothing. On top of that the Japanese Canadians were given the choice to either relocate East of the Rockies or deport back to Japan. Soon after the Japanese Canadians had no choice and were forced exiles to Japan began. However things started to turn up in 1947 when the federal cabinets canceled the deportation policy, but the Japanese Canadians still wanted justice. The Japanese Canadians believed that it wasn't fair that they were treated so badly because they were from Japan origin. Even though they were a minority group they were still Canadian citizens and should be treated like Canadians. The Japanese Canadians were determine for

No one would ever think that an apology and a meager amount of money would be sufficient enough to pay back for taking away freedom and rights for several years. Apparently, it appears as Canadian government did. During World War II, Japanese immigrants and Japanese Canadians were denied of their rights as humans and Canadian citizens, and were forced to live in internment camps (Baldwin, 2011). Although the Canadian government has realized its wrong doings to Japanese Canadians and has made attempts for reparation, the formal apologies and

In “Remarks on Signing the Bill Providing Restitution for the Wartime Internment of Japanese American Civilians” by Ronald Reagan and “An Apology” by Kevin Gover, both passages give argument on how the existing government bears responsibility for its historical misconducts. First in the speech by President Ronald Reagan, he addresses how the American government is to this day still held accountable for their past actions towards people from Japanese ancestry living in the United States when the government forcibly removed them from their homes, placed them in makeshift internment camps without trial or a reasonable justification. Then in the second speech by, Assistant of Indian Affairs Department of the Interior, Kevin Gover, the speaker

The Canadians had no right in putting Japanese Canadians into internment camps. The first reason is that most of the Japanese Canadians were born in Canada and had little to no connection to Japan. This meant that they were not able to spy for the Japanese whom were an enemy with Canada at the time. It also meant that the Japanese Canadians were unable to help Japan strategize an attack against Canada due to the fact that they were unaware of what Japan had been up to. Another reason is that, the Japanese Canadians were fighting against their own ethnicity to serve Canada. They risked their lives fighting a war against Japan because they believed that they were Canadian. Finally, the Japanese had no suspicious activity going on indicating that

After pearl harbour, Canadians started discriminating against the Japanese. The government took action in British Columbia using internment camps. Outside of British Columbia, there were problems with racist people. The government didn’t allow the Japanese to go back home, after leaving internment camps. The treatment of Japanese Canadians during WWII was unjustified, and unfair because of internment, the racism, and their deportation.

The Psychological impacts put upon the Japanese-Canadians, weren’t just the horrible experiences, or the separation of family and friends. Rather the impact due to the discrimination of the Japanese-Canadians by the government and the rest of society had a deeper impact. The hatred of the Japanese-Canadians by the Government and the people had an Enormous impact on the people’s well being, and the way they viewed themselves. The government after the relocation sold most of the properties and confiscated possessions of the Japanese-Canadians. They also took out all of the Japanese Newspapers, restricted Telephone and mail Services, thus Preventing Communication. Furthermore, the media was full of “Anti-Japanese-Canadian Rhetoric.” Finally the Greatest hatred against came from not the media, nor the government, but the people around them. Sent to remote and deserted areas, or work/concentration camps,