what was life like for japanese americans before pearl harbor??

Question

was there any prejudice aganist them before the war? give examples...

what were conditions at the camps like?

Answer 1

life was good till they were herded into camps and treated like dirt

Answer 2

First, almost all Japanese immigrants (and of course their citizen children) lived either in Hawaii or the West Coast of the US and Canada.

There was quite a bit of native resentment against them -- not at the time because they were taking too much in the way of benefits; there were none -- but because they were successful in deriving profits from farms where natives had gone broke.

A 1921 immigration act, derived from pressure from California, prohibited any more Asian immigration, as well as the naturalization of Asian immigrants.

Otherwise, despite the hostility of many of their neighbors, Japanese continued to prosper and to enjoy the benefits of schooling. Their children often became professionals, as Americanized as their Italian, German, etc, neighbors.

There was certainly hostility, but nothing resembling what Negroes in the Deep South had to face. All this, of course, until Pearl Harbor.

Answer 3

they were the lowest on the pole! and i mean lowest.they were the [asians all got lumped together]only peoples who had NO right to emigrate to usa.i saw a documentary where a old man and lady recalled that in her town[cal]the town pool was off limits to minorities but on certain days black and hispanic kids could swim but the asians only could go just before they cleaned the pool once a month and no others were let in or would go even if they could,that contributed to the antiamerican sentiment in asia especially japan because they look at them selves as the choosen people,when they built they railways thet sent asians in the moutain tunnels with nitro which was very unsable and no white or black would do it so they would trick the asian to go set the exposive,its said there is a dead asian for every mile of track

Answer 4

They were able to live just like anyone else and be professional people if they had the training. There was not much predjudice before the war. The KKK didn't like any other races than white, so I'm sure they were targeted by them, but the general public treated them the same as anyone else.

Answer 5

they lived in palaces.