Was Japanese Internment Justified

Japanese immigration was already at an all time high before the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941. Before the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, there were already cultural, economic, political, and social factors that would lead to the Japanese American internment. The Pearl Harbor attack essentially served as the “spark” to the Japanese American internment as it gave a reason why they should proceed with the interment. Although there were many factors that led to the Japanese American internment, the U.S. government was not justified in its actions. In the U.S, immigrants were typically treated very harshly, and this was no exception to the Japanese. The cultural differences between the Japanese and those that already lived in the U.S led to discrimination between the two bodies of people. This led to many of the Japanese immigrants creating separate communities due to a fear of discrimination. Not only were there cultural tensions, there were also political tensions between the two groups. Due to the mass influx of immigrants from Japan, the U.S and Japanese

Therefore, the ones that took the blame were the Japanese immigrants that primarily lived on the West Coast. Americans would soon spread rumors that the immigrants knew about the attack ahead of time and actually helped the Japanese military pull it off. Clearly, this was not the case but the government turned a blind eye to it and proceeded with the internment of more than a hundred-thousand Japanese-American citizens. Not only was there a lack of evidence that these citizens commuted any sort of treason against the country, they also lost millions of dollars of income as well as their homes and businesses. Furthermore, those that were young lost their precious time of education. Therefore, the U.S government was not justified for the Japanese American internment in any