What Is The Difference Between Pearl Harbor And Japanese Internment?

The attack on Pearl Harbor resulted in President Franklin D. Roosevelt issuing the Executive Order 9066, which placed all the Japanese Americans and Japanese immigrants in internment camps. The United States government “believed that West Coast Japanese helped plan the attack on Pearl Harbor and hoped the internment would prevent further acts of disloyalty. Studies indicate, however, that anti-Japanese sentiment, which had been building on the West Coast since the late nineteenth century, played a role in forced evacuation” (Hay 15-17). The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was not prevailing at the time of the internment, but if it was, the U.S. government would have violated many of the rights established within the document. Before
President Franklin D. Roosevelt promised sufficient conditions in his Executive Order 9066, but that did not occur. “I hereby further authorize and direct all Executive Departments, independent establishments and other Federal Agencies, to assist the Secretary of War or the said Military Commanders in carrying out this Executive Order, including the furnishing of medical aid, hospitalization, food, clothing, transportation, use of land, shelter, and other supplies, equipment, utilities, facilities, and services” (Roosevelt). The internees that lived in the camps suffered through great hardships. Life outside the internment camps passed by without even touching them, like they were displaced from the rest of the world. Sometimes opportunities appeared, like the chance for young Nisei to go to college, or get a job, or even join the army. All of these opportunities did appear in the later years of the internment, after most of the prejudice had calmed down. Though, in the beginning, education was lacking (Hay
Caucasian teachers from nearby towns and young Japanese-American women struggled to provide some form of education to the thousands of school-age interned children" (Internment of Japanese Americans During World War II). This violates article 26 of the UDHR "Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance, and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace" (United Nations). In the beginning of the internment, schooling was taught by other internees and did not help the kids develop to the fullest. It also taught students about the discrimination against them, for the UDHR clearly states that there should be tolerance for all racial groups. Sadly, this did not occur. Along with other measures created to ensure the safety of the country, the U.S. government created a loyalty test for young Japanese Americans. “During World War II, no other ethnic group had their loyalty challenged in this way; no group other than the Japanese Americans had to answer such a questionnaire” (Internment of Japanese Americans During World War