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How Did Japanese American Pow Camps Dehumanized

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During WWII American Japanese and American POWs were dehumanized in POW camps and US incarceration camps. American POWs were beaten,dehumanized,and starved, while Japanese Americans were robbed of their property,brought to camps around the country without their will, and faced terrible racism. During WWII, both Japanese American internees and American POWs in Japan were dehumanized. Both groups reside in different ways. American POWs were made to feel invisible or dehumanized and were pushed to their absolute limits to stay alive and maintain their dignity. In chapter 24 the author mentions that the camp holds 900 dysenteric men but only 8 outdoor toilets. (ch 24 Hillanbrand) This piece of evidence shows that Loui and the other POWs were kept in an …show more content…

In chapter 31, the pows derailed a Japanese train in an act of resistance. (ch31 Hillanbrand) The last piece of evidence shows that the American POWs went to extreme measures to resist their captors and feel like soldiers again. Resisting comes in all different forms, as long as it gives the American POWs their dignity back. Japanese American interns were dehumanized in many different ways, they were cut off from the outside world, not able to communicate with anyone, and they faced extreme racism. On Democracy Now they mentioned that when Yuri Kochiyama's father returned to California he couldn't find a job and he could only get hired by other Japanese. Democracy Now. This piece of evidence shows how the American Japanese faced extreme racism when they were set free from the internment camps and how bad it was for the Japanese Americans after World War 2. During World War 11 Japanese Americans were forcibly removed from their homes and

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