https://padlet.com/robert_black3/41kfcsi1u9vq Sammy Adkisson, Bobby Black, Patrick Cheon, Sean Collins, en-us 2017-10-24 19:49:57 UTC 2025-11-03 10:51:26 UTC hello@padlet.com Sammy_Adkisson https://padlet.com/robert_black3/41kfcsi1u9vq/wish/200187688 In February of 1942 President Roosevelt signed an executive order to relocate all Japanese into internment camps.  Over 127,000 people of Japanese ancestry, 2/3 of which were born in America, were forced into internment camps. The Japanese people were forced to sell all of their property before they were relocated. People took advantage of this, and forced them to sell their land for small fractions of the initial value. The Japanese were sent to one of 10 internment camps. At the crowded camps, the adults were allowed to work for $5 a day farming.  The U.S. government hoped that by doing this, the camps could become self sufficient through farming. But, due to the poor land they were on, it became very difficult to farm. One man, Fred Korematsu, took this up to the Supreme Court.  But, the Supreme Court said that it was "wartime necessary" to keep the Japanese people in the camps so they couldn't cause any harm. When the order was finally repealed, the people in the U.S. were still afraid and angry at the Japanese people. Many of the Japanese feared that if they went home they would be faced with hostility and discrimination.  Many of their old cities posted signs warning them to never come back.  This lead to the Japanese people  spreading around to different parts of America. In 1988, as an attempt to make up for what they did to the Japanese Americans, Reagan  offered $20,000 to all Japanese people who were relocated to one of the camps. http://www.ushistory.org/us/51e.asp]]> 2017-10-24 19:53:49 UTC https://padlet.com/robert_black3/41kfcsi1u9vq/wish/200187688 patrick_cheon https://padlet.com/robert_black3/41kfcsi1u9vq/wish/200189007 The executive order 9066 authorized the removal of any or all people people from military that "deemed necessary or desirable". Although the order gave generalization of which individuals would be removed, the executive order was created for the Japanese Americans and really for the war effort. This was  a result of the attack on Peal Harbor. The attack gave fear to the public for Japanese Americans in US military areas. By June, more than 110,000 Japanese were relocated to remote camps built in scattered location around the US. US propaganda helped in masking the inhumane acts against the Japanese Americans that resulted from the order. ]]> 2017-10-24 19:58:00 UTC https://padlet.com/robert_black3/41kfcsi1u9vq/wish/200189007 sean_collins4 https://padlet.com/robert_black3/41kfcsi1u9vq/wish/200189020 The bystander effect, or bystander apathy, is a social psychological phenomenon in which individuals are less likely to offer help to a victim when other people are present, such as the American public helping the Japanese Americans being forced out of their homes and businesses just because of what they looked like. In addition, the American citizens that felt that it was wrong for the  US to force Japanese Americans into camps were afraid on how they could appear to be treasonous and how other Americans would see them as. ]]> 2017-10-24 19:58:04 UTC https://padlet.com/robert_black3/41kfcsi1u9vq/wish/200189020 robert_black3 https://padlet.com/robert_black3/41kfcsi1u9vq/wish/200189881 During WWII, propaganda was used to sway public opinion of the Japanese, to help the war effort. These comics presented burlesque images and spread misinformation about the Japanese. The propaganda tended to emphasize skin color by using yellow themes, and exaggerated other physical characteristics of the Japanese. This was further done by using phrases such as the "Murdering Jap", which portrayed the Japanese as savage, violent, and uncivilized. By generalizing the population, it made it easy to sway public opinion against the Japanese and in doing so, made a tangible common enemy for citizens and military to root against.]]> 2017-10-24 20:00:42 UTC https://padlet.com/robert_black3/41kfcsi1u9vq/wish/200189881 sean_collins4 https://padlet.com/robert_black3/41kfcsi1u9vq/wish/200191278 Cultural identity is the identity or feeling of belonging to a group. It is part of a person's self-conception and self-perception and is related to nationality, ethnicity, religion, social class, generation, locality or any kind of social group that has its own distinct culture.
The Japanese and the Americans each had a different kind of cultural identity, and these different cultures are part of the reason Interment Camps were created by the US Government. However, some Japanese Americans felt that their cultural identity was moreover American than Japanese. Even when Japanese Americans had a greater nationalistic connection and pride of America, they were still presumed to be a foreign enemy and were still sent to interment camps.]]> 2017-10-24 20:05:37 UTC https://padlet.com/robert_black3/41kfcsi1u9vq/wish/200191278 patrick_cheon https://padlet.com/robert_black3/41kfcsi1u9vq/wish/200239956 The Emperor of Imperial Japan was seen to be a divine being. This helped in boosting the morale of the Japanese and increased patriotism. It made the Japanese Empire as a whole seem strong and "godlike" seeing that its leader was considered a divine being. The promotion of the fact that Hirohito was not mortal was a kind of propaganda in itself. The Japanese had their own way of propaganda through honor, loyalty, and spirit. The idea of the Japanese Emperor being a god led to a greater loyalty and trust of the leader to do a good job in leading them to victory. It also  increased the spirit of the Japanese people in gaining confidence in war. Connecting this to the title of the novel, it's indicative of the time period of when the Japanese Emperor was in control. (WWII)]]> 2017-10-25 00:43:04 UTC https://padlet.com/robert_black3/41kfcsi1u9vq/wish/200239956