<p>Why did the government force all Japanese people (Even 2nd Generation) in Internment Camps? Because of Pearl Harbor? So you just simply deport all Japanese people to camps, as they suffer, lose their occupation, and die from inadequate medical care? </p>
<p>"Some internees died from inadequate medical care''</p>
<p>"The US justified their action by claiming that there was a danger of those of Japanese descent spying for the Japanese. However more than two thirds of those interned were American citizens and half of them were children. None had ever shown disloyalty to the nation. In some cases family members were separated and put in different camps. During the entire war only ten people were convicted of spying for Japan and these were all Caucasian."
- World War Two - Japanese internment camps in the US </p>
<p>Are you **** kidding me? How could the government condemn ALL JAPANESE PEOPLE, even japanese citizens for 3-4 years in internment camps, because of war. ***</p>
<p>Please correct me if I miscomprehended anything, I am just in denial.</p>
<p>Because the government is doing "what they think is best" for the country. <em>coughBushcoughcough</em> rather what's best for another country...somewhere on the other side of the Earth... >_></p>
<p>Eh,
When you consider that racism was acceptable back in the 1940s, such results like this aren't that surprising.
For one thing - remember that desegregation of buses and schools only came in the 1950s and 1960s. It was only in the 1960s that African Americans were finally given the freedom to do whatever whites did.</p>
<p>Egalitarianism is really a very new thing in America.</p>
<p>The fear, justified or not, was that there were hints of sedition within the Japanese-American community. Obviously, the decision was not justifiable in hindsight, but total war leads to awful acts.</p>
<p>The 1940s were a somewhat different time, and people definitely did not have the sort of egalitarian mindset that we have today.</p>
<p>"The fear, justified or not, was that there were hints of sedition within the Japanese-American community."</p>
<p>Interesting that the government could have legitimately had the same fears about the German-American or Italian-American communities, but only locked up the Japanese-American ones. How the government reacted makes a big statement about the historical importance of race in how people have been treated in this country.</p>
<p>And no one should kid themself, similar things still are going on. Just compare how the mostly black boat people\from Haiti have been treated compared to the Cubans who arrive here on boats. </p>
<p>These examples are reasons to learn about history and current events: So one can do things to help changes the practices that are unjustice. A head in the sand approach helps no one but the bigots.</p>