Japanese Persecution

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• persecution caused by the attack on Pearl Harbor
• 1942
• 120,000 people of Japanese Descent(2/3 american citizens)  put into internment camps
• Executive Order 9066; Signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Most internees released after 1944
• abrogated 7 of the 10 articles of the bill of rights
• $1.25 billion dollars in reparations, and a formal apology from the U.S. Government
• Japanese people held as "Model Minority" of the U.S.; many feel it masks a persistent racism

Nakao, Annie. "Executive Order 9066." 1992. San Fransisco Examiner. SIRS Knowledge Resource. 18 Mar. 2009 http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/hst-article-display?id=SMN0307H-0-9230&artno=0000006269&type=ART&shfilter=U&key=Japanese%20American%20Internment&title=Executive%20Order%209066&res=Y&ren=Y&gov=Y&lnk=N&ic=

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• fueled by tensions of churches and white supremacy groups
• Issei(first generation) and nissei(second generation) Japanese people were taken to camps
• Executive Order 9066; authorized military commanders to exclude certain groups of people
• Curfew set for only people of japanese descent
• Most people went but some refused; Fred Korematsu
• Fled and then tried and convicted. Brought case to Supreme Court for deprived of civil rights because of race
• 6-3 vote on Supreme court said it was not on race but of a military necesity
• As many as 30,000 Japanese Americans still served in both theatres of WWII
• $20,000 payment to all surviving internees

"THE BILL OF RIGHTS: JAPANESE-AMERICAN INTERNMENT." 1999. Mandarin Inc. SIRS Knowledge Resource. 18 Mar. 2009 http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/hst-article-display?id=SMN0307H-0-9230&artno=0000105857&type=ART&shfilter=U&key=Japanese%20%20Internment&title=The%20Bill%20of%20Rights%3A%20Japanese%2DAmerican%20Internm