“But when we came out of camp, that’s when I first realized that being in camp, that being Japanese-American, was something shameful.” By George Takei. During World War II, Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, located in Oahu, Hawaii. Our nation, United States wanted a way to find revenge for the horrible people who did so, that was when they decided that putting Japanese descendants in camps was the perfect timing. Many Japanese-Americans live in these so called internment camps that was named the solution for their protection. This essay will discuss reasons why the idea and action of Internment Camps around the West Coast were horrific and should not be something our nation should look back on.
