Executive Order 9066: authorization of the War Department to move 120,000 Japanese Americans from the west coast to inland internment camps. These Americans lost their constitutional rights, businesses, and homes. Despite this policy, Japanese Americans remained loyal to the U.S.
Would you have supported the internment policy for Japanese Americans during the war? Explain and support your opinion by using specific examples (facts) to explain your position. (Please do not use the term Jap in your writing)
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I would not support the internment policy for the Japanese because it is similar to the Holocaust, except that no one is being killed by force and that no one had to work. Also i believe it is wrong to blame the Japanese, who are American citizens, just because some Japanese bombed America. Now on the other hand, these Japanese people being put into these camps were not harmed, yes they were forced to leave their home and job, but they had a house, food, and water. Another good thing about being put into these camps is that all the Japanese were able to live with each other so most of them shared the same views and ideas as the others. It would also allow the Japanese community to thrive and become strong with each other. America should have let all the Japanese people live their lives as they were.
ReplyDeleteIf i was a white American on the west coast in the 1940's...yes i would have supported these camps. Now, learning about camps in the Holocaust and how putting people in these work camps took away all of their rights, no I would've not supported them. I think Order 9066 was a good idea back then because there was a lot of suspicion of Japanese-Americas..spies etc. If an attack on America happens again from Japan, I think there will be hatred towards them, but no internment camps.
ReplyDeleteI would have supported the camps because at the time it was a sense of security for non Japanese-Americans but today i would not have supported them because of how the Japanese-Americans were treated even though they were loyal to the U.S. People say that the internment camps were like the concentration camps in Europe but they really are totally different. The internment camps were just a place to hold the Japaneses-Americans they weren't killed there and they werent forced into labor like the concentration camps were.
ReplyDeleteI would not have supported the camps. Even though the white Americans were trying to protect themselves i still think it is wrong. Putting all the Japanese-Americans into a camp is like what happened in the Holocaust. Its an evil thing to to, and its doing bad to innocent people at the same time.
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i dont understand why anyone would support this. "These Americans lost their constitutional rights, businesses, and homes". why would any person agree to that? its not worth figuring out if any of the japanese americans were plotting against americans...i mean...i guess i can see what they were thinking when they thought of it....but why would you seriously follow through with this...just putting thousand of innocent people into camps and taking away their rights? its wrong and against all the rights people have worked for throughout history. today the government trys to hide the fact that they took away the rights from innocent japanese american citizens. this event is almost identical to the way the Nazis captured millions of jews and took away their freedom. the government should be ashamed of what they did to these innocent american citizens
ReplyDeleteeverything that we learned about that occurred during the holocaust along with just common sense, i would definitely not support anything that takes away the rights of others. no one was killed or hurt, but they could have been hurt emotionally by sudden changes in their lifestyles. also, i dont think it is fair to blame an entire culture for the actions of a few. the japanese americans were still american, just from different ancestry and they cant control what family they come from. i think that the government should not have thrust this upon all japanese american people during that time.
ReplyDeleteAt the time, i probably would have supported the camps only because like the Germans, i would have believed whatever the government had said, like the fact that japanese NEEDED to be sent to camps. especially because of all the fighting then, i think everyone felt no one could be trusted. but now when i hear about it, my opinion is totally changed and i think its terrible what we americans did to them. i cant imagine having to be in their position and loosing everything i own. and not all japanese people were actually japanese, some were just 3rd or 4th generation descendants, which is really unfortunate too.
ReplyDeleteIn that specific point in time i probably would have gone along with the japanese interment camps because it was a security blanket almost. If you did not go then you would not be supporting your country and obeying the law. Now, in present time, i would say that the interment camps are a wrongful thing to do because they lost everything and most of what was very important to them. In order to get what they wanted, they had to hurt(intentionally) the americans and take away their rights. that is just wrong. For example, during the holocaust, the jews were stripped of everything they worked for and owned. They were sent to do labor for the nazi germans and were forced to do whatever they were told.
ReplyDeleteNo I wouldn't have. If I resided during that time within the Americas as a girl with Armenian heritage which consisted of the Armenians being treated in the same way, being shoved into areas where I would be completely against it. Most of the Japanese in America consisted of first generation Japanese Americans. It was unfair to put them in the camps when they rightfully belonged in their respective homes. By creating these camps the Americans just created more anger and resentment towards them from those Japanese Americans that resided within the states and those who had given their lives to be a part of this country we call home. This is just like the Germans pushing the Jews into the camps. World War II was a difficult time for West Coast Japanese. It became quite popular to scorn and denounce these people as members of an enemy race. At a time when even many liberals denounced the Japanese menace, few groups spoke out against the evacuation and interment. It disappoints me that these poor people were treated no worse than cattle. They were shoved into camps and treated poorly. I would never have supported this discriminative, unwarranted, and downright horrific act towards the Japanene-Americans
ReplyDeleteI defiantly would not have supported the internment policy during the war. Just because Pearl Harbor was attacked by a small group of people from Japan doesn't mean that every Japanese person wanted to attack the US, so there was no excuse for ruining people's lives like that. It wasn't fair to take Japanese Americans away from their homes and businesses and put into these camps when they did nothing wrong, and most likely loved the US.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking on this now Im going to say I wouldn't support it but I can't really say how I would have felt back then after the Japanese had just bombs pearl harbor and killed many u.s. Soldiers. It's tough to say but I probably would have supported it back then just because of how scared I would have been of what was to happen next
ReplyDeleteAt the time I would have supported the interment policy for the Japanese-Americans for a sense of security. However I would not support them now. People at the camps were not being killed and were provided with food water and a roof over their heads. But after learning about the Holocaust, it took away peoples freedom and their rights. Innocent people were being taken away from their homes, and it was not by choice.
ReplyDeleteDuring the war I might have supported the internment policy to ensure the safety of myself and other American citizens. However, now that I am able to look back in time and see the past mistakes, I would never let history repeat itself. It is comepletely unjust to take away an innocent American citizen's rights. Also, it us unfair for a whole group of people to be punished for something that the government of another country that they don't even live in did. Though the Japanese Americans were not forced into slave labor and murdered like in the Nazi concentration camps, they were still treated in a way that no innocent person deserves.
ReplyDeleteI disagree with the internment policy for Japanese Americans during the war because it completely violates the constitutional rights that every American has. Also, by moving Japanese Americans to the internment camps, an inequality issue rises because the Japanese Americans are not treated the same as other Americans. Racism and discrimination resulted from the authorization of internment camps, which, in my opinion, should never be provoked by government influence. I realize that at the time, people's sense of security was on edge because of Pearl Harbor, but I hope that our country never again becomes so distressed to the point where our government can not trust American citizens.
ReplyDeleteI would not support the interment policy. Just because the Japanese bombed pearl harbor, doesn't mean there all bad. It is wrong to remove all of them from their homes, jobs, and living styling and put them in little houses. The good part about it is no one was hurt or harmed, as in the Holocaust, many Jews were killed. They were provided with many materials so it wasn't so they could live. Living in the U.S. and being a citizen then being sent to camps is wrong.
ReplyDeleteI would not support the Interment Camp's we se up for the Japanese-Americans, although if we kept a close eye on all Japanese-Americans I would support that. Not all Japanese-Americans are guilty because of the act the Japanese did to Pearl Harbor. In a way it is a bit hypocritical of us to but the Japanese in camps, when we were trying to stop the Germans and release all the Jews from the concentration camps. We didn't kill any Japanese-Americans, but it is almost the same concept.
ReplyDelete- If i were living in the United States during the Japanese imprisonment, i would be against it. First of all, i believe that this is an extreme act of ignorance, due to the fact that, very few, if any, Japanese were actually spies in America. Secondly, i feel there are better methods towards national security, like tighter security for ALL people. I feel that the Japanese imprisonment is somewhat a slap-in-the-face to the Japanese-Americans, saying that we don't trust our own citizens enough to leave them their freedom.
ReplyDeletei dont think postponing laws and civil liberties given to americans to grant the illusion of safety is right. Haven your life thrown away because of what others have down is just injustice. For the people that say theyd do it back then but not know and that weve learned from history it does still happen today Ex. patriot act, guantanamo bay, anti terrorism laws
ReplyDeleteI would not support this order. I believe this is wrongful persecussion because of simply being a specific race. This is going against the very basis of our country. While this is nothing compared to the halocaust people still should not be put in camps based on race or religion this is unjust and wrong.
ReplyDeleteI would not, under any circumstances, have supported that order due to a variety of reasons. Well for starters, we just bombed and in the process, literally destroyed two of Japan's major cities. That's a pretty big hit in my opinion. Yes, the Japanese-Americans may have been over here in America, but Japan was still a part of them. They may have had family, property, or other things there, and I could only imagine that they must have been devastated and seriously spiritually/mentally damaged. Second, there still is a difference between Japanese-Americans and true Japanese. The JA's decided to come on over to America so something must have been wrong with Japan in their opinions. And keep in mind, the Japanese that bombed Pearl Harbor were probably mostly true Japanese. So therefore, the JA's possibly did not agree with what those Japanese did. Maybe the reason why they came over was because they were arguing regarding what they should do to America. Third, America is supposed to be setting the example. Along with the Soviet Union, we came out of WWII as a superpower, so therefore everyone is going to really start to look up to us. And when they see that we are gathering up all these JA's and sticking them in one spot, that's exactly what they are going to do. Come on post-war America, why did you have to do that?
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In that specific point in time i would have gone with the japanese interment camps, because it was like a security protection. If you didn't go, then you wouldn't be supporting your country. Now, in present time, i would say the interment camps are the wrong thing to do because people lost everything and most of it was important. In order to get what they wanted, they had to hurt the americans and take away their rights. For example, during the holocaust, the jews were stripped of everything they worked for and owned. They were sent to do labor for the nazi's and were forced to obey orders.
ReplyDeleteWell obviously looking back at it now its so easy to say that you wouldnt be apart if it and point out all the flaws n ignorance of the situation. But at the time I think I would have probably gone along with it, not saying I would approve exactly. But I dont think I would have been able to do much about it because it was the governments process of seeing who could be "trusted". But I think Ii defenitely would have disagreed with the way they did it because not only did they take citizens away from their lives but to put them in camps kinda like hitler was doing was just over the top and hypicritical!!
ReplyDeleteI do not think i would have supported the policy in the US towards Japanese americans. Though we had been attacked, the rights of american citizens still had more value. When the Japanese american people were sent to camps they were treated no better than any other type of slave camp, and in fact, this treatment of people resembled none other than what we were fighting against, Hitlers concentration camps. The only difference is we did not kill our prisoners. I believe that the treatment of these people was moral wrong, and should not have occurred.
ReplyDeleteObviously looking at it now its so easy to say that you wouldnt be apart of it and point out all the flaws n ignorance of the situation. at the time I would have probably would have gone along with it, but not to say that I would approve. no one should be killed by force and that no one had and that no one had to work. i also believe that it is wrong to blame the Japanese, who are were American citizens, because some Japanese bombed America.
ReplyDeleteyes i would have supported these camps. Now, learning about camps in the Holocaust and how putting people in these work camps took away all of their rights, no I would've not supported them. I think Order 9066 was a good idea back then because there was a lot of suspicion of Japanese-Americas..spies etc. If an attack on America happens again from Japan, I think there will be hatred towards them, but no internment camps.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately do to prejudice times and the recent bombing of Pearl Harbor, i probably would be all for it. Although now i view it racist and completely unjust its the different times and beliefs that would make me think different. Like back in the 1800s in America i might have been prejudice against African Americans, its just depends in what time i am in...
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