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Anonymous asked in Arts & HumanitiesHistory · 2 weeks ago

should the united states have interned Japanese Americans during World War 2? give two reasons to support your answer  ?

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  • 2 weeks ago

    No it was a horrible mistake

  • 2 weeks ago

    the Sneek attack by Japan proving the Japanese could Not be Trusted

    and the Internees were Japanese

  • Anonymous
    2 weeks ago

    No because they were Americans and can you imagine interning Muslims now...

  • Aspen
    Lv 4
    2 weeks ago

    No. These were Japanese-AMERICANS, as in just regular AMERICANS. We arrested AMERICANS and held them without cause, against their constitutional rights. 

    Today many conservatives declare this a reason to fear the government (part of the gun rights debate), yet the Japanese internment is often seen as justifiable by them. 

    For those who seem to suggest that they were obedient subjects of the empire: Some might have been recent/first gen immigrants who grew up under the emperor system, but most were 2nd or 3rd gen Americans. They were Americanized. They were believers of our constitution, not the emperor. For 1st gen immigrants they never would have emigrated from their homeland if they were blind loyalists of the emperor. 

  • Anonymous
    2 weeks ago

    Sure, they did : they thought people from Japan were more faithful to Japan rather than US 

  • ?
    Lv 7
    2 weeks ago

    Yes.  Firstly, the Japanese religion held that the Emperor was a God.   That kind of supersedes any kind feelings you may have to your neighbours in San Diego.   You have a DUTY to GOD to support the Japanese war effort.   This is something that isn't often brought up in arguments about human rights and the constitution.

  • Anonymous
    2 weeks ago

    We don't live in alternate universes. If FDR hadn't interned the Nisei and they engaged in sabotage, the conversation would be, why weren't they interned? I think better safe than sorry. My opinion considers how Japan sneak attacked Pearl and any consequences resulting f/ this horrific deed could have been avoided minus the cause. Japan didn't have any mercy in mind w/ a sneak attack ... right?

  • 2 weeks ago

    It was cruel and it made no sense to imprison an entire population of a certain race simply because they resembled the enemy.  Even orphanage children of Japanese heritage were interned, because of their race.  

  • ?
    Lv 7
    2 weeks ago

    Only under specific circumstances. If they had American citizenship out prior to the war then no. It doesn't matter if the Japanese government didn't recognise it. 

    If however they did not. It was standard practice in all countries whether Allied or Axis to hold foreign nationals for the duration. 

  • Ivan
    Lv 6
    2 weeks ago

    The Japanese at that time still believed that their emperor was also their god. Many of them had shrines in their homes devoted to him. The idea was that if we were going to make war against their god, they might not support the war effort. They might resort to internal conflict or sabotage.

    They also thought that even a few disloyal Japanese could wreak havoc on the US by secret communications with the Japanese govt and military.  So the American govt decided to build the camps to effectively isolate the Japanese until the end of the war. 

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