Asian Americans

More than 66% of the Japanese-Americans sent to the internment camps in the spring of 1942 were born in the United States and many had never been to Japan. The social group that we have decided to write about are Asian-Americans, specifically the Japanese internment camps. Both Alexis and I are Asian-Americans and chose this topic because we can both relate to it. During World War ll in states, California, Washington, and Oregon isolated camps were set up to harbour all Japanese-Americans. These camps are now considered one of the most outrageous violations of American civil rights. Individuals that were kept in these camps deserve to be emotional and furious. It is important to understand racial profiling, internment camps, and the growing population in order to break down stereotypes to better understand the community.

The history websites article on Japanese-Americans explains how they were racially profiled and thrown into internment camps where they were horribly treated. In february 1942  President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 shortly after the bombing on pearl harbor to attempt prevent espionage on American shores. Japanese-American were treated like animals and tossed into isolated camps because they were of the same race as a few people that did the wrong thing. These Japanese-Americans have the right to be outraged and and resentful about the way that they were treated. I do not share any experiences with the individuals that suffered through this racism, I cannot even fathom what these innocent people had to go through and the struggle that the families had to undergo. These families were putin crazy conditions and children had to consitaly and on a daily feel scared.

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Every single Japanese-American even with as little as 1/16th Japanese was evacuated, and placed in camps along the western coast. Most of the Japanese-Americans were here in America for a better chance or seeking greater success then what they can get anywhere else. Based off the data from the Pew Research Center article as of 2015 there are more than 1,411,000 Japanese-Americans in the U.S. This population is continually growing and is one of the biggest asian races in America. There are many different communities within this group from U.S born, foreign born, ones that speak the native language to ones who don't but one thing this large social group has in common is the factor of being japanese- Americans whose ancestors fought to be here. They are even part of a larger group being Asian-Americans and this community is a community with tremendous support for one another.

The Japanese-American community would greatly benefit from the support from other outside communities. The support that would benefit them is more open minded people and people who would be interested in learning more about the struggles that they have faced. What individuals can do on their own to support the Japanese-Americans is do their own research about the Japanese internment camps and educate themselves. This is important because they deserve to  feel supported by the community in a way that they have a place here in America where they aren't judged for their differences.

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It is important to understand racial profiling, internment camps, and the growing population in order to break down stereotypes to better understand the community. Japanese-American families were put in crazy conditions and children had to consistently and on a daily feel scared. It is  important that we as a community help them feel supported because they deserve to feel supported by the community in a way that they have a place here in America where they aren't judged for their differences. Japanese-Americans and all other Asian-Americans have been consistently stereotyped and by other outside communities supporting them we can breakdown theses stereotypes.