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I think it says a lot about the meaning of Japanese internment camps to the Japanese who were in them when Monica Sone says, "Maybe I wasn't considered an American anymore." (Page 201) Just that mere sentence probably sums up the thoughts of the Japanese Americans at the time. Many of the Japanese were not immigrants but were born in America, making them citizens. Besides the fact that the government's decision to use internment camps resembled the Nazi labor/concentration camps, the government was more or less imprisoning its own citizens. What happened to all the rights American citizens had? They just simply overlooked. Was there nobody in the government who thought that this was wrong in so many ways? I understand the American fear because of the war and because of the attack on Pearl Harbor, but Germany was a watching enemy at the time also, but German-American citizens weren't sent to internment camps. The internment camps just seem inconsistent with what America stood for. I thought it was interesting how Monica Sone talked about the "wire fence." She says, "Of one thing I was sure. The wire fence was real. I no longer had the right to walk out of it. It was also because some people had little faith in the ideas and ideals of democracy." (p. 201). I think it was extremely sad that at this point in time, Monica and other Japanese/Japanese Americans were not proud to be Americans or be in America, and to be honest, I don't blame them one bit. -- Alex M. | I think it says a lot about the meaning of Japanese internment camps to the Japanese who were in them when Monica Sone says, "Maybe I wasn't considered an American anymore." (Page 201) Just that mere sentence probably sums up the thoughts of the Japanese Americans at the time. Many of the Japanese were not immigrants but were born in America, making them citizens. Besides the fact that the government's decision to use internment camps resembled the Nazi labor/concentration camps, the government was more or less imprisoning its own citizens. What happened to all the rights American citizens had? They just simply overlooked. Was there nobody in the government who thought that this was wrong in so many ways? I understand the American fear because of the war and because of the attack on Pearl Harbor, but Germany was a watching enemy at the time also, but German-American citizens weren't sent to internment camps. The internment camps just seem inconsistent with what America stood for. I thought it was interesting how Monica Sone talked about the "wire fence." She says, "Of one thing I was sure. The wire fence was real. I no longer had the right to walk out of it. It was also because some people had little faith in the ideas and ideals of democracy." (p. 201). I think it was extremely sad that at this point in time, Monica and other Japanese/Japanese Americans were not proud to be Americans or be in America, and to be honest, I don't blame them one bit. -- Alex M. | ||
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| + | After reading this, and already knowing of the internment camps, it just shows the the good ole US of A isn't always as cracked up as it's supposed to be. America makes laws and does thing that can be just as horrendous as the next guy (Hello Chinese Exclusion Acts). This wasn't the first time they had issues with our Asian neighbors across the Pacific. Yes the Japanese did bomb Pearl Harbor, but that doesn't mean every single Japanese should be sent away. If Americans received the same treatment somewhere else in the world, mirroring what we did to the Japanese, it just wouldn't fly. As Alex said, I completely understand the not being proud to be American bit. Ummm hello they just locked you away and took all of your rights from you!!- Christine | ||
==Women of Wartime Los Alamos, Ruth Marshak== | ==Women of Wartime Los Alamos, Ruth Marshak== | ||
