COLWRIT R4B Lecture 1: Infamy: Intro & Chapter 1
29 Jan 2019
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More than 120,000 american japanese were forces from their homes & incarcerated in ten relocation centers & several prisons during world war ii. Within months of attack on pearl harbor, president franklin d. roosevelt sent them to these concentration camps by executive order. More than 70% of them were american citizens born in u. s. President roosevelt signed executive order 9066 authorizing detention of. American japanese -- didn"t want incarceration debated as political issue. Supreme court delayed or ignored challenges to mass incarceration & decided to protect president roosevelt & in the end, justices approved concentration camps. Themes: racism & greed, justice & denial. Majority of japanese aliens & japanese americans remained loyal to u. s. Nikkei: citizens & aliens living in u. s. at beginning of war (american japanese) Nisei: second generation, men & women, born in u. s. , citizens. Kibei: men & women born in u. s. who were sent back to be educated in japan.
