If Japanese Americans wasn't sent to concentration camps during World War II due to Pearl Harbor, would it have improve Asian Americans' respect and proper acceptance in the 20th century into today, overall?
I think that because they were sent to concentration camps they got proper acceptance later on. The power of parents over children and or power of the man over the family ceased. Japanese American families went through a lot of unjust suffering and because of that the American government apologized with money and words. Lastly, they passed laws that ended Asian exclusion.
Based on article "All Men Are Not Created Equal: Asian Men in U.S. History" by Yen Le Espirity. Asian men lost their respect and proper acceptance long before Pearl Harbor.After bombing of Pear Harbor they were send to the camp and was force to live like a slaves. They became in a low rank than the woman.Asian man also have conflict with their children.They lost respect in their families and society. But after World War II their life are change they get right to live in America, to work. Their community dramatically grow up. They steel follow the stereotypes of Asian men, we can see them as a laundromat or restaurant owners.
The concentration camps might have affected the relations between the "Isseis" and the "Niseis'' but not in an unnatural way. What happened between the 2 generations is something that is bond to happen when you have parents coming from a certain culture raising their kids in a totally different culture. Concentration camp just accelerated the natural process of 'generation AND culture' conflicts. The same goes for their acceptance in the 20th century. I do not think that the concentration camps played a major role on that part. Even without the concentration camps I think, that the image of Asian Americans would have still be the same (or with very few changes), simply because as we saw it Marable's reading, stereotypes are hard to kill.
You must make the distinction between Japanese Americans and Asian Americans. Middle Eastern people are technically Asian as well. Also, their is a lot of animosity between the people of Japan and, say, the people of China. Did you know that the Japanese systematically committed atrocities against the people China at the same time Japanese Americans were being sent into concentration camps? The Japanese Military committed a holocaust that rivaled Nazi Germany's. I think that the Japanese (from Japan) were very corrupt and that more attention has to be given to specific groups. The United State governments decision to quarantine Japanese was imprudent and deplorable but one has to understand the cultural context. The Japanese Empire was cruel and unfair to the countries it colonized. One can't see things in black and white. Sidling all that though, I think that reputation of Japanese Americans have not really been sullied since world war 2. I think they are fairly benign group.
I think that because they were sent to concentration camps they got proper acceptance later on. The power of parents over children and or power of the man over the family ceased. Japanese American families went through a lot of unjust suffering and because of that the American government apologized with money and words. Lastly, they passed laws that ended Asian exclusion.
ReplyDeleteBased on article "All Men Are Not Created Equal: Asian Men in U.S. History" by Yen Le Espirity. Asian men lost their respect and proper acceptance long before Pearl Harbor.After bombing of Pear Harbor they were send to the camp and was force to live like a slaves. They became in a low rank than the woman.Asian man also have conflict with their children.They lost respect in their families and society. But after World War II their life are change they get right to live in America, to work. Their community dramatically grow up. They steel follow the stereotypes of Asian men, we can see them as a laundromat or restaurant owners.
ReplyDeleteThe concentration camps might have affected the relations between the "Isseis" and the "Niseis'' but not in an unnatural way. What happened between the 2 generations is something that is bond to happen when you have parents coming from a certain culture raising their kids in a totally different culture. Concentration camp just accelerated the natural process of 'generation AND culture' conflicts. The same goes for their acceptance in the 20th century. I do not think that the concentration camps played a major role on that part. Even without the concentration camps I think, that the image of Asian Americans would have still be the same (or with very few changes), simply because as we saw it Marable's reading, stereotypes are hard to kill.
ReplyDeleteYou must make the distinction between Japanese Americans and Asian Americans. Middle Eastern people are technically Asian as well. Also, their is a lot of animosity between the people of Japan and, say, the people of China. Did you know that the Japanese systematically committed atrocities against the people China at the same time Japanese Americans were being sent into concentration camps? The Japanese Military committed a holocaust that rivaled Nazi Germany's. I think that the Japanese (from Japan) were very corrupt and that more attention has to be given to specific groups. The United State governments decision to quarantine Japanese was imprudent and deplorable but one has to understand the cultural context. The Japanese Empire was cruel and unfair to the countries it colonized. One can't see things in black and white. Sidling all that though, I think that reputation of Japanese Americans have not really been sullied since world war 2. I think they are fairly benign group.
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