Wednesday, March 4, 2015
"Farewell To Manzanar" Internment Link Resource
Regarding the Internment Link Resource Database, what are some ideas or
trends that profoundly struck you that are addressed regarding this
period in American History? Please use any quotes or specific
references to materials that validate your argument. Due Wed., March 4th, 2015.
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One that struck me was that 2 thirds of Japanese were american citizens, and of that, half were children. Also it struck me that the number was so high of the people that FDR assigned to a mass incarnation.
"It would have been impolite. I was horrified to see the apricot syrup seeping through my little mound of rice."(page 20) I think it's still interesting that even though they had been evicted, relocated and then shoved into a bus and ride to an interment camp. They still didn't want to bother anybody or be impolite. They still had respect for the Caucasians and I just find that very interesting.
What I noticed that was the most prevalent in the time period, especially in western states like California, was the outright discrimination and hatred towards people with oriental backgrounds. Regardless of if they had just come from Japan or if they were born in America, their was just a presence of hatred as well as an undermining fear of Asians. A prime example is when the narrator is shut out and ignored by her own teacher. Just the fact that this woman wouldn't completely fill the duties her job entitled her to do goes to show the resentment that was to be had for a long time to come.
One thing that struck me about this text was that this actually happened in america. The land of the free sent Japanese citizens into holding camps accusing them of being spies. These people lost their Jobs and homes all because of executive order 9066.
Its mainly talking about world war 2 and about President Roosevelt this is something from when I read it,
"President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 authorizing the mass incarceration of over 110,000 Japanese Americans during World War II"
what struck me was that the president used an exsecuitive order to put the japanese in the camps. Its weird how they only had a little bit of time to pick up there house and go but what they could bring had to fit in a suitcase or a bag anything else had to go.
Some ideas that struck me are how nice the familys sent to internment camps were nice and didn't try to attack anyone. During this time in US History there were also people fighting for civil rights so many people during this time were racist.
One thing that really struck me is how some of the Japanese FDR assigned to a camp had lived in the U.S for a long time and had a home, kids, and a good life and it all was just taken away from them because of their ethnicity.
Some ideas or trends shown in the Internment Link Resource Database regarding this time in American history was fear and discrimination towards the Japanese race and decadence. The Japanese were constantly under supervision and eventually required to leave their home and go to a place they were not familiar with and nearly start over without time, organization, or choice. The events and examples shown in this book were due to the war against the Japanese in which caused american people to be afraid of the race.
Some things that were very surprising to me is how they weren't treated like americans. They couldn't prove which side they were on. If they looked like the enemy the could potentially be a enemy. Also how quick they were forced to leave their every day lives. They had 48 hours to get all their stuff they wanted out of their house and move. Also some were taken straight to camps and didn't have a chance to say goodbye to their family or get anything they needed.
One of the prominent trends/ideas that was present at that time was a strong sense of racism and a stronger sense of nationalism. The trend was to be raceist towards anyone who wasn't your color. The book Farewell to Manzanar says "I was confused by all the moving and was having trouble with the classwork, but she would never help me out. She would have nothing to do with me. This was the first time I had felt outright hostility form a Caucasian." This quote shows that in that time, the trend was to be raceist.
"Despite the government's own evidence that Japanese Americans posed no military threat, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, authorizing the removal and incarceration of over 110,000 Japanese Americans."
The country must have been at such a shock about the attack on Pearl Harbor for even the government to act as irrational as that. It almost makes me angry that they were acting so repulsively towards people that were only connected with the Japanese by ethnicity. If race dictated what you support and don't support than there would have never been an American Revolution in the first place because since the people that had immigrated from England would have supported the king. All in all, the actions that were taken in this situation regarding Japanese Americans were not only unfair, but also hypocritical.
"Despite the government's own evidence that Japanese Americans posed no military threat, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, authorizing the removal and incarceration of over 110,000 Japanese Americans."
The country must have been at such a shock about the attack on Pearl Harbor for even the government to act as irrational as that. It almost makes me angry that they were acting so repulsively towards people that were only connected with the Japanese by ethnicity. If race dictated what you support and don't support than there would have never been an American Revolution in the first place because since the people that had immigrated from England would have supported the king. All in all, the actions that were taken in this situation regarding Japanese Americans were not only unfair, but also hypocritical.
One thing that stuck to me was that even though the Japanese were put into containment camps, and even when they got out they were still hated upon. People were still cussing and yelling raciest slurs at them.Some people wouldn't even hired Japanese people. Another thing that popped out was that the fact that young people were being sent to jail! starting at the age of 5.
During this time in American history race and where people were from was playing a major role in both issues at home and around the world. When I as looking at this website and learning more about haw the Japanese were treated I was confused. I felt this feeling because it doesn't make sense that we were fighting Germany for many reasons one being that they were holding a small race of people in camps against their will and yet we were taking similar actions against our own citizens. "With the signing of Executive Order 9066, over 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced into exile in their own country, deprived of basic civil liberties." This is a quote from the Japanese american internment website. I really like what it says about taking away their basic civil rights. This nation was founded on the idea of equal rights for everyone but we tend to not live up to that. Most of these people were american citizens that were born here and had almost no ties to japan but did the government care? No, they just thought that if you looked like the enemy you were the enemy.
A major trend in the US that i have noticed was the extreme racism towards everyone in american at the time. "Employers routinely barred Asians and African Americans from choice jobs. Native Americans lived on reservations in poverty, ignored." this quote states how three different races in the US at the time we being neglected and treated like lesser being at.
A major trend in the US that i have noticed was the extreme racism towards everyone in american at the time. "Employers routinely barred Asians and African Americans from choice jobs. Native Americans lived on reservations in poverty, ignored." this quote states how three different races in the US at the time we being neglected and treated like lesser being at.
I was very unnerved by the way they were treated while being evacuated. I thought that the FBI raids were unbelievable and unnecessary. I also was surprised to them be called an "enemy alien". Overall it would have been awful to live in those circumstances and I give kudos to all of those who did.
One thing that really caught my eye was how it took America 46 years to apologize for the "grave injustice." Another thing was when it said "With the signing of the executive order of 9066, over 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced into exile in their own country,deprived of basic civil liberties." they were forced out of a country that they were born in because of an executive order. The government took away their rights and removed a so called "threat." It is wrong and they shouldn't have taken away what they had been promised.
A trend in this period of American History was discrimination or prejudice against the Japanese. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor we started to become very suspicious of Japanese-Americans because of the thought that they might have some kind of relations with Japan. We wanted to be causious so we sent them to internment camps. On this website it talks about how they were treated and why they went there etc. They sent over 110,000 Japanese Americans to these camps and were forced to pack up there belongings (only a few) and leave. This gave the families very short notice and was emotionally exhausting because most of them were patriotic and had nothing to do with Japan. "They also found themselves overcrowded in single rooms with no furniture except for cots and a pot-bellied stove. As time progressed, they acquired other necessities, either by fashioning them out of scrap lumber or ordering through catalogs."This quote just shared shows the harsh camp life. They had dirt floors and windows that would not close or no windows at all causing it to get very cold. They were also separated from their family a lot too in the camps. In conclusion the camps were very brutal but I believe they were necessary to the safety of our country.
Abbey Gunnell
The things that were interesting to me was that the government had declared the Japanese not a threat but the president still signed it. The reason for this was surprisingly a culmination of racial discrimination pre-WW2. And lastly the attack on the US was a surprise to the Japanese Americans as well as the white Americans but as talk spread of espionage some people became even more careful and concerned about the Japanese-Americans.
Some ideas that shocked me from the internment link resource database was when 110,000 innocent people went to jail and went to concentration camps. Also 2/3 were U.S. citizens and they were being targeted because of their ancestry and the way they looked. Another thing that struck me during this period was when they had to leave their homes and live in camps under armed guard.
What is so cool about what I am searching up with the Iraq war is that the United States knew that when the US troops left the "bad guys" attacked stronger and targeted the officials like the police, and that 6,000 men on the Iraq Police side and they ran away from 600 men of the opposite side, and that made me laugh from they were frightened but I can understand that from not wanting to die.
In this reading I found many things interesting one of the ideas that stuck out to me most was how they were treated so unfairly and different as if they were not humans. They were stripped away from their homes and put into shanty towns based of rumors and superstitions.
How extremly segregated american culture was back then toward any minority really is shocking to me. How acceptable it was to dislike someone only on their appereance is just wrong.
Something that really shocked me was that America, the land of the free which we so proudly express, were taking away peoples rights just because of their heritage. Something else was that their were rumors that went around and radio broadcasted how to know the difference between a Japanese and Chinese and Korean.
What really stuck out to me was how the Japanese took this, they didn't fight or push against the actions of the US government. They did what they were told and this actually hurt them. By obeying everything they let some horrible things happen. Plus just the thought of this happening in my home state is scary.
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