does anybody know? History Help?

Question

What kind of jobs did Japanese Americans have during WWII, when were japanese kids allowed to go to school with caucasion kids? And where did most of them settle? Please, I could use some good info! I really hope you guys could help me <3

Answer 1

During WWII many Japanese Americans, worked along with the chinese in asian districts within (mainly) cities on the west coast. Most of the jobs were in the textiles industry as manual laborers within a factory. Also, if you aren't aware, many japanese were put into the American version of a concentration camp. These camps were livable and reasonably well kept. However the proposition of putting (presumably) innocent japanese into camps is quite unethical and un-American in the sense that American is subjugated to the notion of universal expression of freedom. That however is a side story...As to school children I really don't know muc, policy wise. I do however know that certain schools within the Asian districts of the western cities had schools constituting 90% + Asian students, well into the mid 50's and 60's. I don't know of any regulations preventing integration of japanese and caucasian kids.

Answer 2

There's a lot of material on the Web about Japanese Americans in WWII, especially the Internment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_American_Internment
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/wwii/ahf/mineta/index.htm
http://www.densho.org/