Japanese American internment

a motive of white people using their status and skin color as a way to marginalize and violently disadvantage minorities. Southland integrates violence as a reflection of LA’s racial turmoil, whether it is police corruption, Japanese Internment, or even when African Americans speak to white women. The very first line of the novel introduces the death of Jackie Ishida’s grandfather, Frank Sakai. This is one of the many…

untrained auxiliary troops to defend the city at all costs, but sadly a significant amount of soldiers fled before the Japanese entered the city. When the Japanese arrived, western businessmen, missionaries and the International Committee tried to create a safe zone for the chinese people, but in a few weeks it was ran over and more innocent people were killed. By the time the Japanese were done looting, burning and destroying Nanking, only two thirds of the city were left. The Nanking massacre…

Kono is set during World War II when American citizens are fearful of espionage after the Attack on Pearl Harbor. The narrator of the poem is of Japanese-descent and is deported to an internment camp along with many others. She describes the “branding of her indignation” (Kono 7), which brings to light the unfair treatment that she and other Japanese-American citizens received in the internment camps. Racial background plays a large role in affecting a person’s perspective…

governments use their power to persecute the minority based on ethnicity thus authors write about it in their literature. Jeanne Wakatsuki writes Farewell to Manzanar, a recount of her childhood living inside a Japanese internment camp. The robbing of her rights starts with the fear from the American people approaching the start of World War II. The government in South Africa uses their power to oppress certain ethnic groups at a similar time. Trevor Noah writes about government oppression in…

was the first bayonet fight of World War Two. The battalion later found him still alive throwing grenades at the German enemy. This is one of the many stories of soldiers in the 442nd battalion. Soldiers just like Kim wanted to prove that Asian Americans cared just as much about their country as any active citizen in the United States. Even though their government and country distrusted them, the 442nd battalion went far and beyond what was expected of any soldier. In the end the Battalion was…

immigration from other countries into the United States grew, conflicts of culture have been a prominent issue that have affected immigrants, resulting in cultural alienation. This sense of isolation has been established and enforced by the white Americans, dating back to the early 1900’s, due to the beginning of non-European immigrants coming to America. In the two excerpts from “Bless Me, Ultima” and “The Buddha in the Attic” the speakers are people who have experienced immense cultural…

Nanking Massacre When presented with the opportunity, people may find themselves committing horrible crimes if they believe they won't experience any repercussions. The Nanking Massacre proves this theory through the in-the-moment decisions of the Japanese army during their invasion of the Chinese city of Nanjing. The incident has redefined what constitutes as a war crime as an act of war that infringes on the individual rights of non-participants, as well as guided the universal methods of war…

Myitkyina During World War II, a major battle took place between the Japanese and American forces which would come to be known as the Battle of Myitkyina. This battle lasted from March 15, 1944 to August 3, 1944 and took place mainly on the Ava Bridge located in the Northern Burma Region. The Battle of Myitkyina resulted in the Myitkyina Airfield being seized which was the last remaining stronghold controlled by the Japanese forces. This battle would prove to be a decisive factor for…

Safety Zone. One of these individuals was the head of the Nazi party in Nanking, named John Rabe. A man who had lived in the city for 30 years, working for the Siemens China Company, and had become deeply fond of the city. During the invasion by the Japanese, Rabe had been titled the head of the Safety Zone. Throughout the time of the Rape, Rabe was met with many challenges in running the Zone. This paper will address these issues and how Rabe dealt with them. The first issue that Rabe…

unique company of Japanese soldiers and their adventures across Burma. These soldiers returned home from World War II so cheerful and energetic that civilians thought the company had extra rations, but instead had kept up their morale through singing (Takeyama 1). Due to the book being published just a couple of years after the end of World War II and a focus of the book being the Buddhist culture of Burma, Takeyama contributed to a sense of false hope and amnesia that helped the Japanese…