SOSC 1930 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Chinese Head Tax In Canada, Japanese Canadians, Visible Minority
9 Dec 2016
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Using tension of japanese americans as an excuse for. Japanese were sent to camps and were stripped of their rights. Pre wwii, moving towards segregated towards school system, one for whites and another for everybody else. Japanese are last to get canadian vote 1949, not allowed to attend professional school. Exclusion league - chinese head tax, japanese moved to concentration camps. Azraq refugee camp - credit to jordan because they built refugee camp and footed the bill. When oppressing a group, another group is always next. A few examples of how first nations and japanese have suffered and can sympathize for each other. Post wwii, all japanese prisoners were released back into canada. Nobody would hire the japanese, only the jewish would hire them. He does not feel disadvantaged because he had a good family. His parents tried to normalize him all they could. Americans were allowed to obtain all of their property and wealth back when released.
