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This was a terrible time in American History. We terribly took advantage of these Japanese people who did nothing wrong and placed them in camps simply because they were related to other Japanese who attacked Pearl Harbor. The most shocking part was that they were all American citizens and had been loyal citizens, and were still placed into different internment camps. This family is now #10710, which is tragic to think that the government just thought of them as objects and not even as citizens of the U.S. In continuing with Morgan's mention of the beautiful dandelions, it is tragic that they could find so much joy in something as simple as a flower. These people were ripped from their homes and very few things can bring them joy and to think that dandelions can do that is very sad. The government treated the Japanese terribly in these camps and the barracks were in terrible shape, the food was terrible, and they did not deserve to be ripped away from their homes. -afrisk | This was a terrible time in American History. We terribly took advantage of these Japanese people who did nothing wrong and placed them in camps simply because they were related to other Japanese who attacked Pearl Harbor. The most shocking part was that they were all American citizens and had been loyal citizens, and were still placed into different internment camps. This family is now #10710, which is tragic to think that the government just thought of them as objects and not even as citizens of the U.S. In continuing with Morgan's mention of the beautiful dandelions, it is tragic that they could find so much joy in something as simple as a flower. These people were ripped from their homes and very few things can bring them joy and to think that dandelions can do that is very sad. The government treated the Japanese terribly in these camps and the barracks were in terrible shape, the food was terrible, and they did not deserve to be ripped away from their homes. -afrisk | ||
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| + | For Morgan's comment above, I think the feelings of Jews in Europe and the Japanese in America during this time were very similar. It should be acknowledged that Hitler's concentration camps were designed for the extermination of a set of people, while the internment camps were a (very undemocratic) wartime precaution in the aftermath for Pearl Harbor. Both groups of people were alienated because of their heritage, forcibly moved, imprisoned and had to live through horrendous conditions. I do not think America's internment camps are identical to the concentration camps of the Holocaust, few events will ever compare. However, the fear, the anger and the confusion would have been felt by both the Jews and the Japanese. I have learned about World War II numerous times in my life, and I feel like the experience of the internment camp is not emphasized enough. --kokeefe | ||
