Imagine living in a country where you are a foreigner and already an outcast. Now imagine your home country commits an act of terror on the country you call your home. Jeanne
Wakatsuki Houston didn’t have to imagine this. She was just a young Japanese-American girl living in America in 1941 when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Although her, her family, and most other Japanese-American families living had nothing to do with the bombing there was a fear that struck every American citizen and the Japanese-Americans were the heart of their fear. The
American government came up with a solution to their problem, while it seemed like a justifiable and sound idea at the time it is now considered unethical even though so many were willing to
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She goes on further to state as well how they were treated after the event blew over, the war had ended and they had been set free yet emotions were still high as the Japanese-
Americans were still excluded from society. American citizens are willing to imprison fellow humans and excluded them out of irrational and illogical fear put into them by the American government. At the time what they were doing was justifiable to them but in present day it is considered unconstitutional and a violation of civil rights. Even though laws are set into place they are still broken almost every day, we hear about some sort of crime on the news and most of you reading this probably sped today on your way to your destination it is highly unlikely for the government to break their own rules but they do. Racial profiling is said to be justifiable in certain situations but honestly it should never be acceptable. During World War One Japanese-Americans were racially profiled and put into camps because of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Later these actions were ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court because they infringed upon civil rights. What is ironic is the saying history repeats itself. On September 11, 2001 an Islamic terror group hijacked air planes
Wakatsuki Houston didn’t have to imagine this. She was just a young Japanese-American girl living in America in 1941 when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Although her, her family, and most other Japanese-American families living had nothing to do with the bombing there was a fear that struck every American citizen and the Japanese-Americans were the heart of their fear. The
American government came up with a solution to their problem, while it seemed like a justifiable and sound idea at the time it is now considered unethical even though so many were willing to
comply …show more content…
She goes on further to state as well how they were treated after the event blew over, the war had ended and they had been set free yet emotions were still high as the Japanese-
Americans were still excluded from society. American citizens are willing to imprison fellow humans and excluded them out of irrational and illogical fear put into them by the American government. At the time what they were doing was justifiable to them but in present day it is considered unconstitutional and a violation of civil rights. Even though laws are set into place they are still broken almost every day, we hear about some sort of crime on the news and most of you reading this probably sped today on your way to your destination it is highly unlikely for the government to break their own rules but they do. Racial profiling is said to be justifiable in certain situations but honestly it should never be acceptable. During World War One Japanese-Americans were racially profiled and put into camps because of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Later these actions were ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court because they infringed upon civil rights. What is ironic is the saying history repeats itself. On September 11, 2001 an Islamic terror group hijacked air planes