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The article in US on the Japanese women I thought was interesting because right after the bombing of Pearl Harbor all of the Japanese were put in camps, and the Americans saw them as a threat, therefore putting them into these camps as a way to keep a watchfull eye on them as if they were to do something or had some part in why the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. This sounds all to familiar. When 9-11 happened Americans suddenly saw all middle easterners as a threat that were in the US. Although we did not throw them into camps, I remember watching the news and how they interviewed some immagrant middle easterners and how now they were treated differently.I've often wondered if the role was reveresed and an American white or black did something horrific in another country if other races would change the way the think of us, but by saying that what do other races, ethnicities think of us? I also thought how amazing it was that the Japanese found something good out of being kept in these camps, and utilized new skills they formed once they were out and used it to their advantage.--Michelle M. | The article in US on the Japanese women I thought was interesting because right after the bombing of Pearl Harbor all of the Japanese were put in camps, and the Americans saw them as a threat, therefore putting them into these camps as a way to keep a watchfull eye on them as if they were to do something or had some part in why the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. This sounds all to familiar. When 9-11 happened Americans suddenly saw all middle easterners as a threat that were in the US. Although we did not throw them into camps, I remember watching the news and how they interviewed some immagrant middle easterners and how now they were treated differently.I've often wondered if the role was reveresed and an American white or black did something horrific in another country if other races would change the way the think of us, but by saying that what do other races, ethnicities think of us? I also thought how amazing it was that the Japanese found something good out of being kept in these camps, and utilized new skills they formed once they were out and used it to their advantage.--Michelle M. | ||
| − | Although I thought Matsumoto's point of view was interesting, I was not expecting to be persuaded that internment had benefits. I was upset that she went into little detail and provided few primary sources documenting the overall damage this event caused. Each time she mentioned the cultural "education" and opportunities these women were experiencing I was waiting for an explanation about the lack of hope and psychological damage that went along with it. I was suprised that there was not a sense of resentment towards American ideals by the | + | Although I thought Matsumoto's point of view was interesting, I was not expecting to be persuaded that internment had benefits. I was upset that she went into little detail and provided few primary sources documenting the overall damage this event caused. Each time she mentioned the cultural "education" and opportunities these women were experiencing I was waiting for an explanation about the lack of hope and psychological damage that went along with it. I was suprised that there was not a sense of resentment towards American ideals by the Nisei after this experience. I felt like some piece of the story of Japanese American women during internment was missing. -- Meredith Bojarski |
== Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, Schoolgirl at Manzanar, 1940s == | == Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, Schoolgirl at Manzanar, 1940s == | ||
