Thursday, March 12, 2009

Japanese American Discrimination

The attack on Pearl Harbor sparked nationwide prejudice towards Japanese American's in the US. The fear of another attack caused the War Department to issue the mass evacuation of all Japanese American's in Hawaii. Being that 37% of the population of Hawaii were Japanese Americans, Hawaii resisted the order. However, not before relocating 1444 Japanese American personals. Still Japanese American prejudice was still rampant in the mainland, especially the west coast. By February 19, 1942, rumors and fears eventually led President Roosevelt to order a nationwide internment of Japanese Americans in the states of CA, WA, OR, and AR. The Supreme Court case of Korematsu v. US case in 1944, protesting against the Japanese American confinement, was won by the US stating that is was a "military necessity." The Japanese eventually received  20,000 dollars for each individual for lost property in World War two.
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13 comments:

  1. JP BlanchardMarch 12, 2009 at 9:50 AM

    FUUUUUMI!!! Good summary of the information. Stated relevant facts. Some sentences are fragments though.

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  2. PalatialEMZOMarch 12, 2009 at 9:55 AM

    Good size, right to the point, no dibble dabble. I like it.

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  3. MiyabiMarch 12, 2009 at 11:13 AM

    Thank you for the summary. I can see that the relationship between Japan and the U.S. really changed by the war.

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  4. minaMarch 12, 2009 at 5:44 PM

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  5. minaMarch 12, 2009 at 5:45 PM

    Japanese Americans were treated really unfairly. it makes me sad

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  6. madeleineMarch 12, 2009 at 9:22 PM

    Nice job guys. Very well written and descriptive.

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  7. VictorMarch 16, 2009 at 6:52 PM

    NICE ARTICLE FUMI! It's really unfortunate and sad that this kind of thing happened in the United States. Thanks for writing about this.

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  8. BrandonMarch 16, 2009 at 7:00 PM

    Some syntax errors, but it's well written. It's good to bring up such a sad issue and remind the world what evils discrimination can bring.

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  9. AnonymousMarch 16, 2009 at 7:01 PM

    Good job, very unfortunate that innocent people had to be mistreated this way. Clean up mechanics though.

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  10. LiamMarch 16, 2009 at 11:09 PM

    I'd have to say that mechanics is definitely an issue, but it's still a very nicely written entry.

    This is short and sweet, just the way I like it. Incredibly detailed information that's irrelevant to the topic is definitely something I do not care for.

    The ending sentence has a really large "oomph" to it. What I mean by that is that it really makes me think about the social injustice that our country has been preaching against since...whenever! The entire entry really hits the issue of discrimination right on the nail.

    It's been a while, but I'm still quite frustrated with how these innocent people were mistreated in the United States. I'm glad you chose this topic!

    - Tiffany

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  11. bruceMarch 17, 2009 at 11:45 AM

    Good summarization of the events.

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  12. ValerieMarch 17, 2009 at 7:22 PM

    Excellent! Very informative and to the point.

    You might want to proofread, though.

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  13. michaelMarch 30, 2009 at 9:33 AM

    very succinct...which is always a good thing. you also managed to include several interesting facts. Great Job!!

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