T D 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 46: George Takei, Japanese Numerals, Mccarthyism
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If you are a first generation immigrants, then by answering yes you have no home. (cid:862)yes(cid:863) = loyal to the u (cid:862)no(cid:863) = disloyalty to the u : answers were more complicated than just your nationality. First generation japanese (cid:373)ust say (cid:374)o to q 27 (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause they (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t ser(cid:448)e as (cid:374)o(cid:374)(cid:272)itize(cid:374)s: must say no to q 28. Differe(cid:374)t people"s perspe(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e o(cid:374) the japa(cid:374)ese internment after the pearl harbor bombing. A bunch of different stories, interviews, and accounts of people. There was a lot of fear of what might possible happen. There was also fear around italian and german immigrants. Particular italians and germans were interned as (cid:449)ell, (cid:271)ut their (cid:374)u(cid:373)(cid:271)ers (cid:449)ere(cid:374)"t as sig(cid:374)ifi(cid:272)a(cid:374)t as the japa(cid:374)ese (cid:374)u(cid:373)(cid:271)ers. This is the beginning of the espionage scares and mccarthyism. 120000 people of japanese ancestry interned: 62% us citizens, the rest were mostly legal residents.
