Japanese Internment

Forced to leave their homes, jobs and even families in many cases, the relocated Japanese were subjected to atrocious conditions in the militarily guarded interment camps. When the war ended in 1945, the camps were closed, but it would not be until the 1970s and beyond that the details of the camps and it inhabitants began to be revealed. The actions of the U.S. government reflected the attitudes of many Americans at the time. Many others, encouraged by various religious, social, and political groups, were opposed to the internment of innocent Japanese American citizens. This analysis will explore whether or not the actions of the U.S. government w

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ed the relocations in his essay on the churches in Seattle. His conclusion is that many of the congregants who worshipped at Seattle churches were in direct competition with Japanese farmers. In order to temper the prevailing attitudes of their communities, few clergy spoke out against the relocations. As Schmoe maintains, in some cases ôa number of influential members [of the communities] welcomed the removal of an economic threat.ö In his essay ôFellow-Feelers with the Afflictedö, author Sandra Taylor explains that American Protestant denominations reacted in a variety of ways to RooseveltÆs mandate: ôCourageous and sympathetic acts of individual acceptance coexisted with the general acceptance of the necessity of evacuation that was based on old stereotyped attitudes about the wily and devious Oriental.ö Even if the clergy had been more outspoken prior to the evacuation, adds Taylor, they most likely would not have been heard above the ôhysteria that the American government was carrying out necessary measures during a time of war, and the racist implications of such an action are not addressed. Opposition to Internment Despite the fact that the U.S. government justified its actions on interring Japanese Americans, vari
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