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On December 7, 1941 Japan bombed Pearl Harbor bringing the country into WWII. The country was put into fear that there would be another attack. People started to be afraid and hate Japanese people. People were calling the Japanese ,Japs which was an offensive racial slur. Then on February 19, 1942 Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 which gave the military "power to exclude anyone from prescribed military areas"(13). General John Dewitt deemed the west coast a military area and proceeded to order the relocation on over 120,00 people of Japanese ancestry.
On December 7, 1941 Japan bombed Pearl Harbor bringing the country into WWII. The country was put into fear that there would be another attack. People started to be afraid and hate Japanese people. People were calling the Japanese ,Japs which was an offensive racial slur. Then on February 19, 1942 Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 which gave the military "power to exclude anyone from prescribed military areas"(13). General John Dewitt deemed the west coast a military area and proceeded to order the relocation on over 120,00 people of Japanese ancestry.
The Japanese lives had been turned upside down in a matter of days. They were being sent to a camp which was basically prison. Japanese business owners had to sell their stores and anything that coudn't fit in two bags. They could only bring what they could carry. At first they were taken to assembly centers. Then they were relocated to 10 relocation sites. "The relocation centers were in the interior west and Arkansas " (13) They were forced to stay in the relocation centers for 2-4 years. The camps were 1 room barracks, some people had to in horse stalls, The food was terrible and people got constantly sick, some people were separated from their families, there was no privacy whatsoever. (14)
The Japanese lives had been turned upside down in a matter of days. They were being sent to a camp which was basically prison. Japanese business owners had to sell their stores and anything that coudn't fit in two bags. They could only bring what they could carry. At first they were taken to assembly centers. Then they were relocated to 10 relocation sites. "The relocation centers were in the interior west and Arkansas " (13) They were forced to stay in the relocation centers for 2-4 years. The camps were 1 room barracks, some people had to in horse stalls, The food was terrible and people got constantly sick, some people were separated from their families, there was no privacy whatsoever. (14)
Personally my own family was relocated from Terminal Island to the Stockton Fairgrounds. Then, my grandmother, my Auntie Dale, my Uncle Reggie, my Great Grandma Mae, and my Great Grandpa Tye were relocated to an internment camp in Rohwer, AR. My grandma was born in the camp. She told me that they made the best of it. There were schools and churches. People would create gardens.
Personally my own family was relocated from Terminal Island to the Stockton Fairgrounds. Then, my grandmother, my Auntie Dale, my Uncle Reggie, my Great Grandma Mae, and my Great Grandpa Tye were relocated to an internment camp in Rohwer, AR. My grandma was born in the camp. She told me that they made the best of it. There were schools and churches. People would create gardens.
“A Jap’s a Jap. They are a dangerous element, whether loyal or not.”-John Dewitt (13)
“A Jap’s a Jap. They are a dangerous element, whether loyal or not.”-John Dewitt (13)
"I can never forget, upon entering the building [where I was incarcerated], the smell of livestock urine, the pungent odor of manure underneath the wooden floors," Nakata a victim of Japanese internment camps (15)
"I can never forget, upon entering the building [where I was incarcerated], the smell of livestock urine, the pungent odor of manure underneath the wooden floors," Nakata a victim of Japanese internment camps (15)
"The majority of justices claimed the detentions were not based on racial discrimination but rather on suspicions that Japanese-Americans were acting as spies," as NPR has reported.
"The majority of justices claimed the detentions were not based on racial discrimination but rather on suspicions that Japanese-Americans were acting as spies," as NPR has reported.
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