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    Churchill took over as prime minister of Great Britain. He always had one hundred percent confidence that his people could win. Another example of a positive response is the letter titled Dear Mrs. Breed where a japanese child writes a letter to a librarian that donates books to children in the internment camps. Considering the mention of Winston Churchill‚ in the text it says‚ ”You ask‚ what is our policy? I say it is to wage war by land‚ sea‚ and air. War with all our might and with all the strength God

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    During World War II there were many camps but the most in America were Internment camps and the most in Japan were American POW camps and they both can be compared and contrasted. In Japan in WWII Japanese doctors and military personnel killed‚ tortured and experimented on thousands of American soldiers who flew and fought in Japan this was exercised by dozens of hospitals and military camps (McCurry). As it says the Americans were not treated very fairly over in Japan’s territory. But United States

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    the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie ford‚ is about a Chinese boy‚ Henry Lee‚ growing up in Seattle‚ Washington during World War Two when the U.S. was at war with Japan. The book highlights the struggles he faces when he makes friends with a Japanese girl named Keiko. There are many life lessons hidden within the book. We can learn something about preventing the injustice that took place from ever happening again from these. A few of these lessons are‚ stereotyping destroys‚ he who knows patience

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    faced with a difficult situation‚ a person usually does one of two things: gives up or shows strength and fights through it. In Farewell To Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston‚ the author recounts her story of her experience in Manzanar‚ a Japanese internment camp in California‚ during World War II. In The Circuit by Francisco Jimenez‚ the author recalls his journey as a migrant child in the 40’s in California‚ as his family struggles through all kinds of labor camps. Both Francisco and Jeanne show

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    love. This really shined through when Marty really tried to encourage his father to reconnect with his old friend Keiko. Like a good man Marty approached this in a very aggressive way. The things he was he took his father to the Panama Hotel were Japanese used to keep their belongings during WWII. The reason he took his father there was to try and find Keikos old belongs‚ Marty did this because he thought if his father found Keiko’s personal belongings it would give him the push to go find Keiko.

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    thoughts and behaviours that have been‚ and are still‚ exhibited. For example‚ the violent and wide-spread racism found in history‚ such as that in American history‚ was an instance where the majority‚ in this case‚ an American-Caucasian majority‚ decided that they were the superior race‚ that they were to have privileges‚ while African-Americans‚ Chinese‚ Japanese‚ and others of different ethnicities‚ were to be of a lesser status. This decision was a majority decision‚ but was it right? Was it right to

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    Period 4 March 2010 Japanese Internment Essay “Deemed a ‘menace which had to be dealt with‚’ Japanese-Americans were forced into ‘relocation centers.’” After the events of December 7th‚ 1941‚ the west coast of the United States was considered vulnerable to attack by the Japanese. I feel the Japanese internment was wrong‚ because it was based upon fear‚ prejudice‚ and greed. It was also a civil rights violation because the majority of the Japanese detainees were American-born citizens. The

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    which said that all Japanese Americans were to be put into internment camps. Instead of following this‚ he became a fugitive. His conviction for disobeying that order led to a test of the order’s legality before the United States Supreme Court in Korematsu v. United States. (2 points) |Score | | | 2. According to the first paragraph from the excerpts of the majority opinion‚ what did the U.S. government believe some Japanese Americans would do if they were

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    false racial stereotypes‚ rather than in-depth knowledge of others at the level of the heart‚ mind and spirit‚ their ability to assess and understand people accurately is compromised.” Racial profiling is a huge issue in America. The inability of American-born citizens to look past the surface of immigrants aids this problem. In the memoir Funny in Farsi by Firoozeh Dumas‚ “Executive order 9066” by Franklin D. Roosevelt‚ “A tale of two Americas and the mini mart where they collided” by Anand Giridharads

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    Nozaki‚ at her home in Sacramento‚ California. Gee talks about how her father‚ Mr. Nozaki‚ had earned his Master’s degree is Literature from the University of Washington and was a poetic writer. Nozaki was teaching Japanese in Arroyo Grande‚ California. When he became imprisoned at an internment camp in New Mexico‚ Mr. Nozaki was in charge of supplies for the internees‚ he would issue himself new socks instead of washing them. Gee became head of her household after her father was arrested. After the war

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