ASIA AM 20 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Executive Order 9066, Minoru Yasui, Gordon Hirabayashi
Japanese American Identity
Redress and Reparations
Questions
● How did internement affect Japanese American identiy, family, and community?
● What does Takezawa say about the Sansei?
● Whta is Japanese American civil religion? Do yuou agree with Iwamura’s argument?
○ Spiritual identity shared by the community;
Japanese economic niche of chicken sexing; moved to Seabrook Farm in NJ
Did Japanese Americans resist?
● Supreme Court cases
○ Challeneged constitutionality of executive order 9066
○ Gordon Hirabayashi v. United States (1943)
○ Minoru Yasui v. United States (1943)
○ Fred Korematsu v. United States (1994)
● Draft resistance
○ “We will not fight for the US military until our civil rights are restored”
● Repatriation
○ Relinquishing citizenship and going to japan
Timeline
● 1950 (Chicago), 1972 (Seattle), local JACL membeers proposed a resolution for redress
● 1976: Proclamation 4417 “An American Promise” formally terminated Executive Order
9066
● 1980: Establishment of the Comission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians
○ Allowed civilians to go forward and testify about what happened to them in camps
● 1988: Civil Liberties Act
○ Government issued formal apology and sent monetary reparations to Japanese
Americans
● HAWAII brought in as 50th state of US
UC’s awarded honorary degrees to Japanese whose educations were interrupted by Executive
Order 9066
Manzanar Pilgrimage
● Held on last weekend of April every year
● Bus taken from LA to the Manzanar Historic Site
Document Summary
Japanese economic niche of chicken sexing; moved to seabrook farm in nj. We will not fight for the us military until our civil rights are restored . 1950 (chicago), 1972 (seattle), local jacl membeers proposed a resolution for redress. 1976: proclamation 4417 an american promise formally terminated executive order. 1980: establishment of the comission on wartime relocation and internment of civilians. Allowed civilians to go forward and testify about what happened to them in camps. Government issued formal apology and sent monetary reparations to japanese. Hawaii brought in as 50th state of us. Uc"s awarded honorary degrees to japanese whose educations were interrupted by executive. Held on last weekend of april every year.