The people of Japanese internment camps during World War II were falsely imprisoned and were treated poorly for no reason. No person that was forced into internment was found and charged of helping the Japanese in any way, thus making the internment camps useless. In the memoir Farewell to Manzanar, Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston describes the injustice committed against the 110,000 men, women, and children of Japanese ancestry who were interred by America during World War II. One of the many unjust acts the Americans forced upon the Japanese was the horrible living in internment. Many times throughout the book, Jeanne talked about the problems, such as: little to no privacy, rotten food, inexperienced chefs, crowded living arrangement, broken bathrooms, little supplies and dysfunctional hospitals. At one point, Mama …show more content…
Innocent children would be mistreated by their teachers and yelled at by people when walking home. The government had to provide protection to some people so they could ensure they wouldn’t get ambushed. One time in the book, Jeanne talked about her and her brother walking home, minding their own business when some old lady yelled, “Why don’t all you dirty Japs go back to Japan?!” (Houston 186). This shows how any Japanese was mistreated, even though they weren’t involved in anything about the war or the Japanese. Many people weren’t given jobs or even let into clubs or extracurricular activities because of their race. Jeanne wasn’t allowed to join the Girl Scouts and for no absolute reason and she wasn’t allowed to lead in the marching band with the baton twirling because the person who controlled it didn’t think it would be appropriate to let her lead. He then chose one of her friends who was a lot worse than her to lead the marching band. This is how Jeanne was shown mistreatment and racism throughout the book Farewell to