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How were Japanese Americans treated in the USA during World War II?
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Jessica Taylor
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During WW2, Japanese-Americans were treated with constant suspicion. The government and populace were convinced that they all still held some latent loyalty to the Emperor, so each and every person of Japanese descent, even if they were only part-Japanese, was assumed to be a threat to national security. This paranoia culminated after Pearl Harbor, when basically the entire Japanese-American population of the western US was relocated to “internment camps”. They had to leave behind their homes, their jobs, most of their belongings, and their friends. The conditions in these camps varied dependin
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During WW2, Japanese-Americans were treated with constant suspicion. The government and populace were convinced that they all still held some latent loyalty to the Emperor, so each and every person of Japanese descent, even if they were only part-Japanese, was assumed to be a threat to national security. This paranoia culminated after Pearl Harbor, when basically the entire Japanese-American population of the western US was relocated to “internment camps”. They had to leave behind their homes, their jobs, most of their belongings, and their friends. The conditions in these camps varied depending on which government entity was in charge of them, but generally sucked. The buildings were hastily thrown together, and didn’t provide nearly enough space for families.