Friday, April 6, 2018
"Farewell To Manzanar" Internment Web Link Background Information
Regarding the Densho Internment Link Resource, 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 by 2:30p.m. on Mon., April 9th, 2018.
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The leaders of the camps gave all the inhabitants a "loyalty questionnaire" which interrogated them to see their connections to Japan. The article reads, "Seventy-five years ago this week, Japanese Americans in War Relocation Authority (WRA) concentration camps were being asked to fill out the notorious 'loyalty questionnaire.'" This is striking because I didn't think they gave out quizzes. I just thought they kept them there until the war was over.
After reading more about the Internment Camps, the subject that caught my attention during this time period was the brutality within the camps, especially towards women. The article states, “The forced “evacuation” to inland concentration camps, carried out by armed soldiers wearing U.S. Army uniforms, did little to build trust in American authorities as a source of protection. Rumors quickly spread of inmates raped by white guards, of predators lurking outside the latrines at night, of girls’ bodies found mutilated and discarded” (Wallace). This piece caught my attention because most people don’t believe that the American authorities acted in such harsh ways towards the people in the camps. However, people weren’t only forced to leave their homes, but they were treated horribly inside the camps as well.
I thought that there were a lot of interesting things that happened during this period in our history. I learned that for about 10 years before the war began, federal agencies conducted surveillance in Japanese-American neighborhoods. Executive Order 9066 forced all of the Japanese-Americans to be cleared from the west coast. This was all because they looked similar to the enemy.
I think that the war camps were similar in a way to the holocaust because people were rounded up and forced to move somewhere they did not want to go. I a matter of weeks families had to sell all of their belongs and move out. They were given name tags and reduced to less than human.
Learning more about the camps I discovered that yes the camps were discriminatory, the main purpose for the camps was not because Americans hated Japanese, like in the care of the holocaust, it was instead because Americans were scared and felt unsafe. This is how the camps were started out, however as time past the brutality in the camps started to increase especially with women.
Regarding the Densho article link, something that struck me was how poorly the people in the camps were treated. Many people were put in one room, where many did not have privacy. In the text, it is stated that " Many cited extreme weather, dust storms, the lack of privacy, and inadequate food as among the many travails of living behind barbed wire." Clearly, the people in these camps were not treated or cared for properly and did not have adequate supplies and living conditions. Similarly, many people were raped and abused in the camps.
One idea from this era is that japanize people could potentially be spies for the enemy. Therefore they rounded up most of the japanize in this country and put them into the camps so they couldn’t spy. I don’t understand why they would put kids into those camps. Another trend would be to be rude to all the japanize people around you.
I thought it was interesting how the people who were "loyal" were allowed to leave by 1944, but they couldn't return to the west coast until 1945. When the war ended, the camps were closed by the end of 1945. Many americans had realized they made a "mistake" by sending Japanese Americans to camps.
When reading about the Internment Camps, what really struck me was the condition innocent people were forced to live in. The article states: "Inmates lived in blocks of barracks with communal bathrooms, laundry facilities, and dining halls. Many cited extreme weather, dust storms, the lack of privacy, and inadequate food as among the many travails of living behind barbed wire." There were usually over 5 people to each room, which lacked space, privacy, and many conditions vital for living. These people were innocent and because of this war they were forced to live in misery for several years.
Some ideas and trends that struck me and were addressed in History were Executive Order 9066 passed by President Roosevelt, the anti-Japanese sentiment, and the detention lists showing people who would be arrested after Pearl Harbor. The Executive Order 9066 was probably one of FDR's "weaker" moves after helping America through rough times, but maybe he made the order to assure Americans that there were no Japanese spies. Still, I think it was wrong for this to happen. It's no surprise that people were anti-Japanese at the time after Pearl Harbor was bombed, because presumably that would be their way of retaliation, but I still think it was wrong of people to hate other people who are technically Americans. The detention lists were surprising because the government swiftly brought people to camps after Pearl Harbor.
The Woman in the camp had very little rights and were very regularly sexually assaulted. Also the living conditions were very bad they were only supplied with 2 blankets in the camp per house.
There were definitely a lot of interesting things. But the one I read up on was sexual violence, and silence. They had a big problem with that back in WWII. But it is still a problem now. A person who is accused with this will have there lives ruined. To ending of families, done trititions. This will always ruin a persons life.
I thought that this period of history had a lot of interesting things that have happend. To me, I think that it was inspirational that even though these Japanese people were highly discriminated against, they were able to make their own camps and even thrive off of the resources that they farmed. However, it is also horrible that these people were put in these camps to begin with for suspicion that they were spies even though not one of them were proved to be a spy. It was also horrible that these people were forced to stay in these essentially concentration camps and not be able to leave.
I learned that there are things that they did that was against things at that they are
and what they are trying to help and keep the living conditions bearable and things but that never really happened at all.
During World War II, about 100,000 Japanese-Americans were placed in camps. America was against Japan in the war so the Japanese-Americans were put in camps to stop there from being any Japanese spies. There was actually a lawsuit from a Japanese-American who claimed it was against his american rights to put him into a camp. The court ruled that in a time of war, America could pretty much break the rules if it meant keeping them safe. This was very sad for many Japanese-Americans, but it did help protect America from Japanese spies.
After learning more about the camps, it shows how violent they were. FBI could show up at your job and take you to a camp. The Japanese people were so disrespected during this time because they were all suspects. Though it would be hard for someone so young to be a spy or be a harm to the US, they still took children. This tells us that the US doesn't really care what they have to do to keep their country safe.
the article addresses a concern about federal agencies adding surveillance to japan. Japanese latin american people being ripped from their home and evicted go to work with the interment camps. Talk of rapes and bodies being found in alley ways that were torn apart.
This was very eye opening. It really showed you had bad the living conditions where and how inhumane this was. There was no respect for the Japanese people. Everyone was thought to be a spy. The us did not trust anyone.
After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, 120,000 Japanese were incarcerated anywhere from children and citizens to immigrants. Once they were thrown into the camps they were given a loyalty questionnaire to determine if they were loyal or not. Then proceeded to segregate the loyal from the unloyal.
Regarding this period in American History, a trend I notice is the negativity during the time. There was violence and silence and discrimination. Something that stood out to me what the violence towards women. There were horrible things happening to young girls which made them afraid of those around them, like the guards outside their doors. Something else that stood out to me was how horrible their living conditions were. They weren’t given very much to survive and I think it would have been so hard to have been put through.
While reading about the Internment camps I found several facts I didn't know about. One thing I learned was that Japanese-Americans were already targeted from the beginning when the Japanese had moved to America. I believe the camps showed us how much we hadn't accepted that the Japanese-Americans were never really accepted into our country.
This time in history was crazy in the fact that Japanese people were posed as the enemy, just because of the way they looked. They were discriminated harshly against, considering what their native country had done to ours. Since we were scared of them, we created concentration camps. We called them "assembly centers," just to hide the harsh meaning. Nobody had any privacy in these small facilities, and they were forced to sleep among haystacks for horses. Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga of Manzanar said, "And there were seven of us in one small room..." It's crazy to think that just because of someone's race, no matter how old or innocent they were, were just thrown in a trashy place and treated badly.
Reading more about internment camps showed just how racists and cruel this world is. Americans treated japanese americans as if they were animals or savages and they could not be trusted. In the article we were so harsh in the camps that, "there were seven of us in one small room.…it was not very comfortable for newlyweds, especially, or any family, to live that close, not have the privacy. Which is the thing… I think liberty and privacy is what I miss the most.” People in the world still live in this situation, but we do not usually put all sort of money classes in the same room. This is showing a sign of degrading.
This article showed what all the problems the Japanese dealt with. It showed how there was overcrowding, diseases, discrimination, and brutality. It shows more than what our history books have shown us about the camps.
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