Territory of Hawaii

The court case Korematsu vs. United States was considered by many to be many to be an integral case in the internment of Japanese Americans. Fred Korematsu was born on January 20, 1919. He was twenty-two when the attack of Pearl Harbor, during this time the racial distrust between Japanese-Americans and the main population was at the culmination. With the attack it caused mass distrust, and eventually resulted in executive action. The result came in the form of an Executive Order 9066. The order…

Are Bacon’s actions justified and is it right? Many historians believe Bacon’s Rebellion was unjustified and wrong, but many other historians believe his actions are benevolent. Bacon’s attack on the Natives is correct because the government was neglecting the citizens, teaching Natives the use of firearms, and the Natives stealing major crops from the citizens. Bacon played a major part in history, especially in the year of 1676 when Bacon’s Rebellion started. The rebellion started out by the…

During World War 2(WW2), there were many questions asked about the Japanese Occupation(JO). One of the most frequently asked question was the reason why the Japanese thought that they were superior.The invasion all started due to the following reasons. Firstly, they were having high birth rates during that time. Due to that, the food resources was not sufficient to tally the needs of people in the country and they needed to implement food rationing. Thus, in order to get more food resources,…

Minorities are racist. Not towards other races, rather to one another. They take the views placed upon themselves, enhanced them and when others do not live up to the stereotypical expectation, they are seen as traitorous .Sherman Alexie writes a multitude of texts which all showcase how people in a minority group, in this case Native Americans, as well as individuals outside of that minority, all take part in oppressive actions. Someone who is not within the minority believes they have this…

There have been many research studies on the topic of LGBT characters in media, but I decided to make my study unique by studying how they are understood by a certain cultural group. I chose Japanese Americans because Japan and America have very contrasting views and distinct understanding on the LGBT community in society. With this, my audience based research question was the following: how are Mitch and Cam understood by the Japanese American community? To answer the question I created, I…

Negative Impacts of Tourism on the Big Island Hawai’i Island, Hawaii, otherwise known as the Big Island, is the largest island in the Hawaiian archipelago. The Big Island’s population was estimated to be 196,428 in 2015 (Census 2015). The number of tourists per year far exceeds the number of residents. In 2014, the number of tourists that visited the Big Island reached 1,445,939 (Big Island Now). With record setting highs in visitor numbers, the island must keep up with the continual demand for…

Issues with the American judicial system and mass incarceration are subjects that we, in our modern state, hear and see often on all major media outlets on what seems like a daily basis. Of course, when we do hear about judicial issues like mass incarceration, we typically only hear about these abuses of power in relation to African Americans and the struggle they face and we very seldom hear about those of other groups. Native American’s are one of those groups that face this form of prejudice.…

From the above description of the attack, it is clear that this event would remain in the hearts of many Americans until today and as such, is a significant event in American history. This attack obviously had many implications on America. It had clearly caused mass hysteria among the United States’ citizens which consequently brought upon a lot of changes within the American society. Furthermore, the attack on Pearl Harbor was an extremely serious one which caused the American government to…

Why Should We Keep Tribal Languages Alive? In the article Why Should We Keep Tribal Languages Alive?, Sonny Skyhawk looks to explain why it is important to retain Indian tribal languages. In his article, he also gives reasons as to why he thinks Indians are the ones currently at fault for the loss of the languages. Skyhawk uses methods of persuasion that mainly follow the pattern of Pathos-an appeal to emotion- and Logos-an appeal to logic-in his article. His arguments to back up these…

Living in America as a minority is in its own way, a challenge. Discrimination surrounds the streets you walk, judgement increasingly racks up against you and racism is inevitable. There is no safe space where these things will not thrive because being Asian-American in America doesn’t automatically grant you the privilege of being an American. Due to the absence of possessing an identity, many American citizens of Asian descent struggle to find their true identity and place of belonging within…