Japanese Canadians were interned during World War II!.
was this:
1) justified!.
or
2) merely a result of paranoia and or racist attitudes of Canadians at this time!?
Give 3 reasons why!.
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was this: 1) justified!. or 2) merely a result of paranoia and or racist attitudes of Canadians at this time!? Give 3 reasons why!. Thank you!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Was the internment of Japanese Canadians and/or Japanese Americans during WWII justified!? To us today!? No!. But Pearl Harbor, Hawaii AND Darwin Bay, Australia didn't HAPPEN yesterday!. The world was in the midst of a horrible war!. Canada, being part of the British Empire, was in from the onset, unlike the US!. Like the prime minister of Australia said, if Great Britain is at war, Australia is at war!.!.!.!. and so was New Zealand, and Canada!. Then without provocation, Japan hit Pearl Harbor!. That was TOO close for comfort for Canadians!. Then one month later Japan hit Darwin Harbor!. Brothers & the closest Allies of Canadians!. The death & destruction in both places was horrific and completely unexpected!.!.!.!. and most people feel completely uncalled for!. Japan suddenly became the worst enemy of Canada & the US at the same time!. Fear!. Horror!. Mistrust!. Paranoia!. Military AND civilian casualties!. Sneak attacks!. Prejudice!. Homeland safety!. The extremely polite, industrious, hard working, well mannered and keep to themselves kind of people Japanese just committed the two worst monstrosities in the history of Hawaii and Australia!. The people of Canada & the US were simply terrified!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Paranoia and/or Racist Attitudes: 1!. While at war with Germany and the Axis powers we didn't go around putting German-Canadians or Italian-Canadians into internment camps!. Only the Japanese were targeted!. 2!. Most of those placed in internment camps were citizens, many of them born here!. There was no proof associating them with spying, terrorism or unpatriotic behaviour!. 3!. Property (land, valuables, money) were seized and sold off without permission!. People that had no suspicion other than there ancestry were stripped off all their possessions!. Who gained financially, the people involved in the process!. The "selling and looting" of their property was done under the guise of paying for the cost of their internment (a violation of the Geneva Convention)!. 4!. Following the war Japanese-Canadians were still forced to move out of BC or deported back to Japan, again this didn't happen with German-Canadians!. This is based on living in a city founded on a small Japanese fishing village in BC!. There are still many Japanese living here who suffered through the internments!. Both sides of the argument can be debated, but when you talk to those who were interred, those people who fought for Canada in WW1!. Who were born and raised here and considered themselves Canadian, its very difficult to the tell them it was justified!. They say racism drove it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com I'm not smart at history but i remember that they directed riots straight at them racist---they were rasict to blacks,aboriginals at that time -----they were more liberal and thats prety much itWww@QuestionHome@Com |