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There are many different examples of prejudice in "Farewell to Manzanar". Racism has been around since the very beginning, but in 1941, it was focused on Japanese-Americans. After the Pearl Harbor bombings in 1941, the American people began to fear Japanese-Americans because they "looked like the enemy". Jeannie and her family were victims of racism and were put into internment camps for several years because of the way they looked.

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They got him two weeks later, when we were staying overnight at Woody's place, on Terminal Island. Five hundred Japanese families lived there then, and FBI deputies had been questioning everyone, ransacking houses for anything that could conceivably be used for signaling planes or ships or that indicated loyalty to the Emperor.

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I don't understand how grown adults can care so much about what other people think of them. These people care more about themselves than a young girl.

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Mama and Papa have very different opinions on living in Ocean Park. Papa liked it because he felt that his family wasn;t grouped or labeled, but Mama felt the opposite. She felt that her family was being isolated as the only Japanese-American family in Ocean Park.

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I found it interesting how the father didn't want to be labeled, but then he decided to move to a place where they were the only Japanese family. Them being the only Japanese would've caused them to stand out and be labeled by their Caucasian neighbors..

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“We were the only Japanese family in the neighborhood. Papa liked it that way. He didn't want to be labeled or grouped by anyone."
p. 18

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It's hard to believe that a grown adult can turn down a child just because of her heritage. She can't help that she's Japanese and just because Japan is the "enemy" doesn't mean that all Japanese-Americans need to be feared.

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“"They're trying to stuff the ballot box," he whispered loudly. "They're fudging on the tally. They're afraid to have a Japanese girl be queen. They've never had one before. They're afraid of what some of the parents will say."
p. 149

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“I have been in this country nine years longer than you have. Do you realize that? Yet I am prevented by law from becoming a citizen. I am prevented by law from owning land. I am now separated from my family without cause..."
p. 60-61

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“Mama's first concern now was to keep the family together, and once the war began, she felt safer there (Terminal Island) than isolated racially in Ocean Park.
p. 18

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“At one point I thought I would like to join the Girl Scouts."

"Can I belong?" I asked, then adding as an afterthought, as if to ease what I knew her answer would have to be, "You know, I'm Japanese."

"Gee," she said, her friendly face suddenly a mask. "I don't know. But we can sure find out. Mama's the assistant troop leader."

And then, the next day, "Gee, Jeannie, no. I'm really sorry."
p. 139