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Reading Matsumoto's "Japanese American Women during World War II" reminded me of a story I had to read in English class during high school.  The other story said that people would destroy the houses of Japanese-Americans and take what they wanted, destroying the rest.  Did this happen often?  How did women deal with a destroyed home when they returned?  Did families return to the homes and properties they had before the internments? Were they able to? --Ashley Wilkins

Reading Matsumoto's "Japanese American Women during World War II" reminded me of a story I had to read in English class during high school.  The other story said that people would destroy the houses of Japanese-Americans and take what they wanted, destroying the rest.  Did this happen often?  How did women deal with a destroyed home when they returned?  Did families return to the homes and properties they had before the internments? Were they able to? --Ashley Wilkins

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.