Japanese Assimilation Analysis

The process of assimilation into the United States varies between different religiously identified immigrants. Communities deal with distinct experiences influenced by their competency to religiously affiliate into the dominant cultural aspect of America. In spite of the fact that Japanese Americans Christians and Buddhists were racially identical, Buddhists struggled to formally acculturate into America whereas Christians were perceived to have similar beliefs, practices, and traditions, which positively affected the aptitude of the Christian community to be accepted among their monotheistic neighbors. The notion of protestantization and the functions of religion are drawn into comparison among Christian and Buddhists religious groups. Although this is widely seen across America, the discrepancy between the two groups among Japanese Americans are used in order to obtain a concrete illustration. …show more content…
During World War II, when Japan was in war with America, Japanese Americans were virtually viewed under the perpetual stranger myth, the idea that Asian Americans were regarded as immigrants despite whether they were second generation Asian Americans, Nisei, or had a long history of ancestors who’ve lived in America. They were placed in internment camps, where the treatment between Buddhists and Christians were clearly disparate based on the function of their religion, which correlated with how religion helped address their position in the