Executive Order 9056 Essay

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War makes for harsh measures, but it made no exception for what enacted on February 19, 1942, Executive Order 9066(EO 9066) was made, and forced upon the west-coast of the United States of America(USA). Executive Order 9066 was an act of prejudice, racism, and injustice against the Japanese-American(J-A) citizens of the USA. It was an unjustified rule that besmirched the name of the USA and what it stood for.

The first thread of my claim. Executive Order 9066 was racist, it was designed to detain Japanese-looking people in America. Nevertheless, the act was perfect, the most competent method to capture Japanese, because they looked so different from a generic American citizen, they were so easy to spot and catch. A colossal amount of controversy surrounding the case of EO 9066 later in the years was that it was not fair, “Unjust imprisonment was the result of two closely related emotions: racism and hysteria”(Point/Counterpoint: The Japanese-American Internment, pg. 1104, paragraph 1-line 2). This is especially racist due to the relocation of Japanese-Americans, making
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Ultimately, the country inhabited more than 100,00 J-A’s(on the west-coast) who consisted greatly of farmers or other providers such as food and water brokers. In addition for working for the business trade, over 25,000 J-A’s devoted their precious time into serving their nation’s(USA) military. In addition to this feat the Japanese-American 442nd(consisted with all J-A soldiers), of which was a United States Army combat team. The members had been said to erect exceedingly greater amounts of damage inflicted to hostile personnel and attained service decorations farther than any other comparable army unit. Inactive or former veterans were also imprisoned, even after serving America they weren’t given a chance. Concluding that the EO 9066 truly was racist and a

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