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Japanese Canadians had to struggle against prejudice and win a respected place

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During this era, racism was a widely-accepted response to the unfamiliar, which justified

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1-The issei had lost everything and were too old to start new.
2-The achievement of reddress in September of 1988 is a prime example of a small minority’s struggle to overcome racism and to reaffirm the rights of all individuals in a democracy.
3-Many of the cultural traditions of the Japanese are tea ceremonies, ikebana, oragami, odori(dance) and martial arts.
4-Many nisei had their education disrupted and could no longer afford to go to college or university.
5-Many had to become breadwinners for their families.

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1st fact Manzo Nagano is the first immigrant from Japan. 2nd fact He arrived in Canada in 1877. 3rd fact Japanese Canadians had to struggle against prejudice. 4th fact During this era, racism was widely accepted. 5th fact In 1907, a white mob rampaged through the sections where Japanese and Chinese lived.

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1. The first new immigrants in 50 years arrived from Japan.
2. The rate of intermarriage is very high-almost 90 % according to the 1996 census.
3. The redress movement of the 1980’s was the final phase within the Japanese Canadian Community in the struggle for justice and recognition as full citizens of this country.
4. Property loses were compounded by long lasting psychological damage victimized, labeled “Enemy aliens,” imprisioned, dispossessed and homeless people lost their sense of self esteem and pride in their heritage.
5. The Second World War; financial compensation for the injustices; and a review and amendment of the war measures act and relevant sections of the charter of rights and freedoms, so that no Canadian would ever again be subjected to such wrongs.

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On April 1 1949 4 years after the war the Japanese Canadians got there rights which were the right to vote, and the right to return to the west coast.

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On April 1 1949 4 years after the war the Japanese Canadians got there rights which were the right to vote, and the right to return to the west coast.

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shortly after Japan’s entry into wwll Japanese Canadians were removed from the west coast.
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During world war 2 Canada’s war measures act gave the  government sweeping emergency powers which made internment legal.

These powers were extended by the national transitional emergency powers act and Japanese Canadians were not allowed to return to the pacific coast until April 1,1949.

Racist politicians and their many supporters had for decades dreamt of ridding British Columbia of all non whites and the war  provided an opportunity to solve at least the Japanese problem.

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The Japanese internment camps lasted longer than the American internment camps.

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Internees were people located to government construction camps called ghost towns. Their were 2200 internees
Car, Rayburn and Isabelle

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Japanese Canadians had to struggle against prejudice and win a respected place in the Canadian mosaic through hard work and perseverance.

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In 1942 the government put japs in camps in Canada

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Those who were incarcerated behind barbed wire in the government constructed camps.
Fact 3. In Canada there are 22,000 internees and there’s a 117,000 internees in the U.S.
Fact 4. Many Canadians got sent to barns to live in.

Fact 5. In the first stage of relocation many male adults went to work to build roads
By Poppy and Matt

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They were behind barbed wires for no escapes
There were 117,000 internees in america
Car, Rayburn, isabelle

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The American internment camp lasted about 2/2.5 years.

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To counteract the negative impacts of prejudice and their limited English ability, the Japanese, like many immigrants, lived in ghettos(the two main ones were Powell Street in Vancouver and the fishing village of Steveston ) and developed their own institutions: schools, hospitals, temples, churches, unions, cooperatives and selfhelp  groups.

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-The Canadians were not kind to the Japanese Canadians
-a lot of racism fueled by fear
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Their were no policies on breaking up jap families
Car,Rayburn, Isabelle

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Most of the issei, first generation or immigrants arrived during the first decade of the 20th century. They came from fishing villages and farms in Japan and settled in Vancouver, Victoria and in the surrounding towns. Other settled on farms in the Fraser valley and in the fishing villages, mining, sawmill and pulp mill towns scattered along the Pacific coast. The first migrants were single males, but soon they were joined by young women and started families.

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- Japanese Canadians were not treated well
- Japanese Canadians were taken to Internment camps

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Many males were sent to road camps and split from their families.
Car,Rayburn, Isabelle

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The Navy and the FBI both opposed the president’s decision to forcibly relocate Japanese Americans.

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My great grandpa was sent to an Internment camp and was treated poorly

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Many were sent to the Vancouver area where they put horses in barns.
That is where japs stayed for a while. The PNE is where the barns are located near. Car, Rayburn, Isabelle

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A strident anti-asian element in BC society did its best force the issei to leave Canada. In 1907, a white mob rampaged through the Chinese and Japanese sections of Vancouver to protest the presence of Asian workers who threaten their livelihood. They lobbied the federal government to stop immigration from Asia. The prejudices were also institutionalized into law. Asians were denied to vote; were excluded from most professions, the civil and teaching; and were paid much less than their white counterparts

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- Japanese Canadians were forced to go to the i
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