After analyzing image: 8/16 from the New York Daily News, we can see a group of Japanese-Americans all gathered up like a school picture. They are smiling almost making it seem like they didn’t get their valuable possessions away from them, almost as if the internment did not faze them whatsoever. They show no anger or sadness but even though it is not displayed through facial expression, we know that deep inside they were fueled with anger and sadness. It is known that Japanese people are kind hearted and hardworking, in a sense they were demonstrating a peaceful protest. From previous readings, the Japanese real intentions of coming to America was to build a presence and community, where their offspring would have an opportunity at a successful life. After all, America’s Declaration of Independence gives the right to all human, Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
Soon after World War 2, the Japanese were released back to their normal life in the United states. Although it was full of great
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It was unfair to them that the Government took their whole life’s work in just a matter of weeks. In 1988, President Ronald Reagan signed the Civil Liberties Act which basically apologized to all the Japanese that were interned and allowed a reparations pay of 20,000 dollars to each survivor. Although this may have been a positive impact for many Japanese-Americans, many Japanese that were not eligible for citizenship were not able to receive the stipend. In a way, it makes the Government seem not be willing to want to pay for the damage they caused the Japanese to endure. The downside was it took over 40 years for America to recognize of the cruelty we had done to recognize to the loyal Japanese-Americans and to issue a public apology to them. This was something that should have been done the day they were released from these internment