People Should Be Judged On Internment

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Have you ever been judged on how you look? Someone say that you act this way or are this way because of how other people that look like you do that. What if you got put into a camp only because you look this way. I don't think this is right, to treat people differently on souly how they look. People should be judged on their actions and their actions alone.
The reason i think putting people into these internment camps is wrong because, during all of world war 2 and the more than 25,000 japanese americans that served in the armed forces not one was accused or convicted of sabotage. In fact the 442nd combat team was one of the most honored battalions in the army. Thus proving the fact they are just as american as any other white person and maybe

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