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What Are The Similarities Between Howard Zinn And Japanese Internment

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Zinn Assignment Howard Zinn states that the U.S. was very similar to the policies of West Germany or Italy; “In one of its policies, the United States came close to direct duplication of Fascism.” He continues on explaining how Japanese americans were basically bound to be exterminated and stripped of many rights due to the hysteria catalyzed by the attack of Pearl Harbor by Japan. Zinn then points out that Roosevelt wasn’t at all in a frenzy but still signed Executive order 9066 without a second thought and this allowed for the army to take charge and forcefully arrest and escort Japanese-Americans to their appropriate internment camps. Holistically Zinn brings many supporting facts to depict the endless troubles Japanese-Americans had to undergo. There is a renown critic …show more content…

Overall, Brown sees where Zinn’s perspective lies but believes that there is a better alternative by J. Sakai’s, “Settlers, the Mythology of the White Proletariat.”Lastly, Brown believes that Zinn’s lack of a serious analysis from the perspective of those actually oppressed and exploited by America is one consistent theme of “A People’s History.” In my interpretation of Zinn’s perspective regarding the view on Japanese Americans during the hysteria from the attack on Pearl Harbor, Zinn seems to capture the truth through the Japanese and Roosevelt effectively with a lot of evidence. However, I do in fact, disagree when he says that the U.S. was similar in policy to that of a Fascist state because the U.S. didn’t take it to an extreme state but instead tested the Japanese-American’s patience. Nevertheless, Ty Zidi Period: A 3/4 Zinn was still able to make many agreeable points except he seemed to make statements

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