Argumentative Essay On Japanese Internment

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I don’t believe the treatment is justified. I understand the government and citizens wanting to be safe, especially at wartime. Also the fact that the Japanese weren’t interned until after the Pearl Harbour attack shows that the Japanese weren’t interned because they were from a country of the axis powers until a place close to home was attacked. This further shows that the government believed the Japanese Canadians had nothing to do with the country of Japan, and even let them enlist, but when Pearl Harbour was attacked Canada started fearing the result if these Japanese Canadians turned on Canada for their motherland. I personally don’t find the conditions in the internment camps and the liquidation of all property that belonged to the internees