what are some details on 1940's japenese internment?

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can someone give a brief summary and sources? (no wikipedia)

Answer 1

The terms used to describe what happened to over 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II vary considerably amongst scholars, government officials, and even Japanese Americans themselves: relocation, evacuation, incarceration, internment, concentration camp. No one agrees about what is most accurate or fair.

The language used to describe the treatment of Japanese Americans during World War II is often controversial. Some Americans feel that “concentration camps” is the most appropriate term for the places in which Japanese Americans were confined. Other Americans associate the term only with the Holocaust. Although many Americans are more comfortable with milder terms such as relocation or interment camps, these terms are historically and legally inaccurate.

Officially, the camps were named “relocation centers.” Many now acknowledge that “relocation center” and “evacuation” are euphemisms, used purposefully by the government to downplay the significance of their actions. Perhaps the most blatant example is the United States government’s use of the term “non-alien” to refer to American citizens of Japanese ancestry as a way of shrouding the violation of constitutional rights. As historian Roger Daniels has suggested, euphemisms are part of injustice.

The government, including President Franklin D. Roosevelt, used the phrase "concentration camps" in speeches and written documents during World War II to refer to the places where Japanese Americans were confined. It is important to note that a concentration camp is defined broadly as a place where people are imprisoned not because they are guilty of any crimes, but simply because of who they are. Many groups have been singled out for such persecution throughout history, with the term "concentration camp" first used at the turn of the twentieth century in the Boer War.

Despite their differences, all concentration camps have one thing in common: people in power remove a minority group from the general population and the rest of society allows it to happen.


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Answer 2

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