Japanese Internment Camps Research Paper
Essay Once “A special bulletin on the radio announced that the Japanese had mounted a surprise air attack on the U.S. Naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii” (Carnes 95). This action against the United States on December 7, 1941 by Japan cause racial prejudice and unrest in the United States. This event also lead to the making of laws that caused the creation of Japanese internment camps. The War Relocation Authority attempted to justify their actions against Japanese Americans in a couple of ways. “The action taken with respect to Japanese in this country is justifiable on the grounds of military necessity for several reasons” (Carnes 97). One reason that is stated is that “All Japanese look very much alike to a white person...” (Carnes 97).
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Thier living quarters were crowded and dirty, they had to eat old food and moldy bread. “Their new home was a horse stall” (Carnes 97). Interned Japanese Americans had to live in whatever was available at the time. Sometime this included dirty, and poorly cleaned buildings. “The officers passed out cloth sacks for everyone to fill with hay for mattresses” (Carnes 97). This quote shows that the Japanese Americans had to sleep on an uncomfortable and rough bed every night. The location of the first camp was in San Bruno, California. The people in the camps were treated poorly by others. There were only two people who were not Japanese Americans when Sox’s family was dropped off at the bus location, one of the two was Mrs. Perkins. This woman provided work for Nee when she needed it. The camps were not entirely safe for the Japanese Americans but were fenced off and guarded by armed men. This was more to prevent escape than to prevent from getting in. Sometimes the guards would think that someone is trying to escape because they are too close to the fence and would shoot first and ask questions later. Congress needed a way to attempt to repay those who were interned and decided that $20,000 to each surviving internee along with a formal apology from the Nation. I think that this is fair for the most part. Although these people lived in horrible conditions with little possessions they deserved to
Thier living quarters were crowded and dirty, they had to eat old food and moldy bread. “Their new home was a horse stall” (Carnes 97). Interned Japanese Americans had to live in whatever was available at the time. Sometime this included dirty, and poorly cleaned buildings. “The officers passed out cloth sacks for everyone to fill with hay for mattresses” (Carnes 97). This quote shows that the Japanese Americans had to sleep on an uncomfortable and rough bed every night. The location of the first camp was in San Bruno, California. The people in the camps were treated poorly by others. There were only two people who were not Japanese Americans when Sox’s family was dropped off at the bus location, one of the two was Mrs. Perkins. This woman provided work for Nee when she needed it. The camps were not entirely safe for the Japanese Americans but were fenced off and guarded by armed men. This was more to prevent escape than to prevent from getting in. Sometimes the guards would think that someone is trying to escape because they are too close to the fence and would shoot first and ask questions later. Congress needed a way to attempt to repay those who were interned and decided that $20,000 to each surviving internee along with a formal apology from the Nation. I think that this is fair for the most part. Although these people lived in horrible conditions with little possessions they deserved to