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Why Are Japanese Internment Camps Justified

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During WW2, almost all Japanese Americans got their rights taken away from them. They were all placed into internment camps by the United States government. These internment camps left many individuals traumatized and killed. 3 reasons why the United States government was not justified in placing Japanese Americans into internment camps is because they were discriminatory towards them, they believed they were not loyal individuals, and they stripped the Japanese Americans rights as a citizen. The first reason why the United States government was not justified in placing Japanese Americans into internment camps is that they were discriminatory against the Japanese Americans. They did not like them and believed they were not loyal because …show more content…

This is not a valid reason to place innocent people in internment camps. The United States government has no reason to believe that only the Japanese American race was unloyal people. “The US War Department and the War Relocation Authority decided to test the loyalty of all people of Japanese ancestry who were incarcerated in the WRA camps. They required all those 17 years of age and older to answer a questionnaire that became known as the “loyalty questionnaire.” (Loyalty). The US used a questionnaire to test their loyalty. This is not a valid reason to place them in internment camps because a few questions do not determine their loyalty toward their country. “Since US law did not allow any Japanese immigrants to become naturalized US citizens, answering “yes” to question #28 would mean they were in danger of losing their Japanese citizenship.” (Loyalty). These questions put Japanese Americans in a tough position. If they were to answer no, it would count as unloyal. But if they answer yes, they may lose their citizenship. This shows that this questionnaire is not fair and should not determine the full loyalty of an …show more content…

Placing these individuals into camps for punishment was not fair to them. It was also just the Japanese Americans that were placed into camps, not any other races. “There were also some Americans who answered, “no-no” out of anger, as a protest against the violation of their civil rights by their government.” (Loyalty). Some Japanese Americans answered no to prove a point. They wanted to show that it should not matter how they answer, that they should be treated equally with everyone else. Placing them in internment camps took away their rights and their freedom of speech. “The treatment he received is “not the American way.” He clearly states his loyalty, expressing anger that his loyalty is not accepted on the same basis as that of other Americans.” (Loyalty). These Japanese Americans were not getting the same treatment as all the other Americans. They are being treated differently and it is

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Overall, the Japanese were interned during World War one because they were seen as a hypothetical threat to U.S security. The U.S viewed the Japanese population as saboteurs and more specifically, a threat national security. In document B of the Japanese internment DBQ it describes how the U.S racistly generalized the Japanese as Saboteurs who would easily destroy anything in their sight. With the mass hysteria in regards to the stereotype, the U.S too more precaution in regards to the Japanese community and imprisoned them. Moreover, another reason the Japanese were interned is because the Japanese only posed a threat to American security on the West coast.

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