Japanese American were marginalized and dehumanized during and post World War II but, through the use of legislative acts in the United States Government, their lives were compensated and rebuilt. During World War II, Japan fired an attack against the U.S. at Pearl Harbor. The U.S. took quick action as to prevent any similar attacks. Therefore, creating interment camps where people of Japan, Germany, Italy and other European descendant were held. Most of the people held were of Japanese descent. After two and a half years after President Franklin D. Roosevelt order the use of internment camps, occupiers were released. When Japanese American Were released from internment camps they were still discriminated through out the post war. They began to demand reparations due to their forced evacuation. Japanese Americans began to rebuild their lives after the war but many had trouble with hatred still running around America. Furthermore, Japanese American lives changed and the U.S. was helping them out with legislative acts.
The United States began to compensate Japanese Americans lives by holding commemorations of their hard work throughout the United States. “Japan became known for their intelligence, amiable relations, and hardworking ethic”[1]. American began to understand what Japanese American went through such as fighting the war, fighting prejudice, and how they were treated in Internment Camps. Hatred over Japanese American began to disappear and their lives began to be at ease. “Two years later, Truman successfully urged Congress to pass the Japanese American Evacuation Claims Act of 1948, which appropriated $38-million for all property of Japanese Americans that had been damaged or lost during their exile”[2]. The amount of money was no enough to compensate all detainees. Some of the people held were farmers and could not rebuild what they worked so hard to achieve. Even so, the steps to help Japanese American began to go down a brighter path. In 1952, The McCarran-Walter Act allowed first generation Japanese Americans to receive the right to become natural born U.S. citizens.[3]. When the war ended people of Japanese decent began to rebuild their families. The children of the of the people held in Internment camps had amnesty and as a gift of which most people do not get so often, were allowed to become natural born citizens. During the war people do not get the assistance to rebuild if your history lies within relation to the enemy the war is being fought against. Internment camps, Japanese soldiers, and their sole bravery to fight prejudice in the face of war persuaded the U.S. to allow compensation for people of Japanese descendants. Their lives changed but with the help of McCarran Act, The Evacuation Claims Act, and public campaigns on heroism of Japanese Soldiers, their lives began to be accepted back in the American Community. [1] Japanese American life under U.S. policies after World War II", Japanese Americans and Japanese Latin Americans and U.S. Policy During World War II accessed April 2, 2014 https://www.opencongress.org/wiki/Japanese_American_life_ under_U.S._policies_after_World_War_II [2] Daniels, Rogers. "Detaining Minority Citizens, Then and Now." Chronicle Of Higher Education 48, no. 23 (February 15, 2002): B10 [3] Japanese American life under U.S. policies after World War II", Japanese Americans and Japanese Latin Americans and U.S. Policy During World War II accessed April 2, 2014 https://www.opencongress.org/wiki/Japanese_American_life_ under_U.S._policies_after_World_War_II |