Persuasive Essay On Japanese Internment

World War II is considered the most patriotic time in the history of the United States of America. Americans were able to prove themselves like they never had before. Most of the men across the continent signed up to be a part of the war, and the women helped with the jobs that those men left behind. Although this moment is a turning point in history, the greatest time to be an American, the Japanese American people could disagree. The treatment of Japanese Americans during World War II is constantly overlooked though. Around one hundred twenty thousand Japanese American people were forced into internment camps based solely on whether they or their parents had been born in Japan. Although the United States was in a national emergency, Japanese Americans should not have been forced into internment because they were American citizens and should have been protected by …show more content…
On March 18, 1942, the War Relocation Authority (WRA) was created by Executive Order 9066. The WRA generated ten permanent camps that would relocate Japanese Americans and alien residents to camps that would be their prisons until March 1946. The Japanese Americans that were affected were Nisei, Issei, and Kibei. Because of the attack on Pearl Harbor, many Americans believed that anyone with Japanese ancestry was dangerous. Although they were American citizens and should have been protected under the Constitution, they were not. The Japanese Americans were not given a trial before being found guilty - just by being Japanese made them the culprits. Despite being wrongfully contained in concentration camps, most of the Japanese people complied with what they were being told. Many fought valiantly for the Allies during World War II - even as their families were being held in U.S. internment camps. The Constitution should have protected the Japanese American people from being forced into internment