What happened to other Asian nationalities during the internment of the Japanese during WWII?

Question

I'm watching Ken Burns' The War documentary right now, and they didn't touch on it. I don't know if there were any significant numbers of Vietnamese or Koreans on the US west coast, but certainly there were Chinese. I can't seem to find any info on it online. Anybody who's better at searching than I am, please send a link.

Thanks!

Answer 1

Chinese were the only other significant Asian minority at the time. China was our ally in fighting the Japanese, so there were no problems with Chinese immigrants.

The Koreans and Vietnamese arrived in the latter half of the 20th century.

Answer 2

that's because you live in a predominantly white culture; hence the white bias. it's no surprise, just like how the japanese doesn't include the chinese and korean massacres during ww2 or ww2 at all in their history texts. america (being the righteous + freedom + etc.) is not all that hyped up to be.

other asians were also sent to those camps. but mainly american borders were not open to asian immigrants back then. the ones who were already in america were in america because of building rail roads. what does that tell you about the whole: give me your poor, your tired, ... etc.; america the land of the free and all that b.s.

Answer 3

I saw photo from that time, maybe was in Life or Time, of Asian American people wearing signs around their necks that said "I'm not Japanese"

Answer 4

CHINA WAS AN ALLY AND THERE WEREN'T ENOUGH OF THE OTHER COUNTRIES TO MATTER.

Answer 5

agent orange

Answer 6

died, i guess