Japanese Internment

The internment of Japanese Americans during World War II is a racist tragedy that has occurred in this countries history and I believe something like this could repeat itself in the future.

In 1942 over 120,000 Japanese people were forced to pack their suitcases and lose everything they have ever owned during the duration of the war.

Most of the internment camps were located on the West Coast of the nation.

The conditions they lived in were not appropriate or acceptable for any person to be keeping their families in.

The U.S. acted against information they had been researching for over five years.

It is ridiculous that Japanese Americans were segregated and oppressed but there was no camps set up for German Americans or any other ethnicities of people participating in the war.

There was absolutely no reason for the U.S. to put Japanese Americans in internment.

In 1988 Congress sent out a formal apology to Japanese Americans that was not even close to what those people deserved.

I hope that after that war issues like this would never happen again in this country, but I can’t say they wouldn’t for sure.

It is scary to me that there are still a lot of people in this nation who don’t really know about the Japanese Internment.

I think the idea that it isn’t common knowledge expresses the fact that that school systems in this country want you to forget about negative aspects that have happened our history.

Although I do believe that our country has come far in many ways, there are still existing problems with our government that lead me to believe it’s possible for things like this to happen again.

After the tragedies of September 11^th happened I think the country went into a state of shock and there were racist actions and crimes committed all over the nation.

I think people in this country never want to think about the realities of war but I do believe something of this nature could happen again.

The war we are involved in right now and the turbulent status of other countries around the world makes it seem as though something in history could repeat itself.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese-American_internment

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,967270-2,00.html

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,253824,00.html