Japanese-American Relocation
This article gives a broad overview of the time when the Japanese-Americans were relocated. Two months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The Executive Order 9066 was signed, ordering all Japanese-American living on the west coast to ten internment camps. Normal family structure was upended in the camp and the living conditions were not the greatest. The Japanese-Americans were allowed back to the west coast in 1945-46. In 1988, Congress gave restitution payments to all of the survivors of those camps.
In relation to the Ted Talk, George Takei talks about growing up in an internment camp, and the article gives an overview of the internment camps. They talk about the very same thing yet they seem so different. Takei’s story is more emotionally driven while the article is more …show more content…
The citizens were in paranoia. A war had just started, there harbor had been bombed by the Japanese, and people began to be superstitious. It could be said that the Roosevelt administration was pressured to put the Japanese-Americans from the west coast into internment camps.
After reading the article, many of the questions I had were answered. The attitude shift towards Japanese-Americans took place as those persecuted people continued to stay loyal to their country. The time that shift took place was much shorter than of the African-American slaves. Upon returning, the Japanese-Americans had to start their lives over from scratch. It is entirely possible that something similar to this could happen again.
Some new questions that I have are, how many people are still alive today that were a part of this history? How many, if any, of the Japanese-Americans were for Japan and against America? And lastly, how much of a power struggle was their between the Issei (immigrants) and the Nisei (American-born)? How was this conflict
This article gives a broad overview of the time when the Japanese-Americans were relocated. Two months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The Executive Order 9066 was signed, ordering all Japanese-American living on the west coast to ten internment camps. Normal family structure was upended in the camp and the living conditions were not the greatest. The Japanese-Americans were allowed back to the west coast in 1945-46. In 1988, Congress gave restitution payments to all of the survivors of those camps.
In relation to the Ted Talk, George Takei talks about growing up in an internment camp, and the article gives an overview of the internment camps. They talk about the very same thing yet they seem so different. Takei’s story is more emotionally driven while the article is more …show more content…
The citizens were in paranoia. A war had just started, there harbor had been bombed by the Japanese, and people began to be superstitious. It could be said that the Roosevelt administration was pressured to put the Japanese-Americans from the west coast into internment camps.
After reading the article, many of the questions I had were answered. The attitude shift towards Japanese-Americans took place as those persecuted people continued to stay loyal to their country. The time that shift took place was much shorter than of the African-American slaves. Upon returning, the Japanese-Americans had to start their lives over from scratch. It is entirely possible that something similar to this could happen again.
Some new questions that I have are, how many people are still alive today that were a part of this history? How many, if any, of the Japanese-Americans were for Japan and against America? And lastly, how much of a power struggle was their between the Issei (immigrants) and the Nisei (American-born)? How was this conflict