The most significant issue of bias that I noticed after reading the Japanese Internment primary sources from the newspapers was the fact that prejudice and fear consumed the American people. People of Japanese ancestry were hated and feared due to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Propaganda is a powerful biased communication that helps sway people’s beliefs and opinions. In World War II anti-Japanese posters were designed to increase support for the war by creating hatred for the enemy. It didn’t matter that many of these people were American citizens; they were not trusted and faced discrimination. Civil rights were ignored and violated for the sake of the American’s safety. Propaganda against the Japanese led to hysteria. The propaganda that
