What Are The Effects Of Ww2 On Japanese Americans

Japanese Immigrants in the United States War can affect people in plenty of cruel ways leaving them in hopelessness. During World War II, Americans of Japanese descent lived through racism and fear. The War caused enough fear to put these Japanese Americans through unnecessary labor. They were put into camps to be removed by other American citizens. Sadly, Japanese Americans were forced to prove their already made loyalty to America. The effect of World War II on Japanese Americans was racism, forced labor, and a life of fear. When America joined WWII, living as a Japanese American was becoming impossible. “FBI deputies had been questioning everyone, ransacking houses for anything that could conceivably be used for signaling planes or ships

“The supreme court affirmed that states” (McClain) or all of America “could deny aliens the right to own real property” (McClain). California passed the first alien land law including alien taxation. The land law stopped Japanese Americans from buying houses and the alien tax law gave Japanese Americans more taxes than Americans of non-Japanese descent to pay off. “Unlike Europeans, a Japanese alien cannot become a citizen of the United States” (McClain). There was the Immigration Act in which no person from Japan can immigrate to America. This caused many people from Japan to be treated like aliens and even after living in America for plenty of years. When the original Japanese immigrants came to America and had families, their children were “accused of fostering anti-American and Emperor worship” (McClain) when in reality the children were born in America. This proves yet again how America would not accept Japanese Americans as United States citizens. The racism got way worse as WWII went

“The executive order was issued shortly after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor…” (“The Return of Japanese Americans to the West Coast in 1945.”). The bombing of Pearl Harbor caused many Americans to fear Japanese immigrants. Even though America retaliated by bombing Japan, Execution order 9066 was made not long after the attack to keep Japanese Americans in their place. After the camps, many Japanese Americans tried to return home with no house. When Japanese Americans left home to go to the camps, land owners sold their homes to Americans of non-Japanese descent. “By October, government officials projected that 12,000 to 15,000 individuals would return to Los Angeles County by the end of the year.” (“The Return of Japanese Americans to the West Coast in 1945.”). This amount of citizens overpopulated California causing many Japanese Americans to move somewhere else. America believed there was “fear of impending violence and discrimination toward Japanese Americans” (“The Return of Japanese Americans to the West Coast in 1945.”). WWII caused many to think differently about Japanese Americans. To be treated like aliens and forced into labor, WWII put many Japanese Americans through unnecessary trauma. In the end, Japanese Americans were able to be citizens of America because of the end of World War