https://padlet.com/connor_farrington/ago0hmc9b54n Connor F, Alex C, Quinn G, Matthew F. en-us 2017-10-24 15:10:32 UTC 2024-10-16 15:18:24 UTC hello@padlet.com matthew_faller https://padlet.com/connor_farrington/ago0hmc9b54n/wish/200037858 -- By Matt --
Welcome to a moment of American history where... at the time, racism towards a race was outright encouraged by propaganda posters like this one. The group targeted in question is the Japanese.

There was actually *already* anti-Japanese propaganda due to previous atrocities committed by them earlier in World War II. [One such example is the "March of Death" by the Japanese in the Philippines as highlighted in the picture below.] However, after the Pearl Harbor attack, the amount of anti-Japanese propaganda and sentiments were amped up. (Part of this is from that due to years of anti-Japanese messages, American public just simple accepted it at some point or another...)

Onto the specific terms, the Japanese were referred as yellow, monkeys, Japs (offensive short-hand nickname), Japanazis, Jap Beasts, and many more. As a result, hatred and fear of Japanese was fostered partially through these posters to the public.]]> 2017-10-24 15:18:10 UTC https://padlet.com/connor_farrington/ago0hmc9b54n/wish/200037858 matthew_faller https://padlet.com/connor_farrington/ago0hmc9b54n/wish/200039300 -- By Matt --
This executive order was a result of pressures from lobbyists representing competing economic interests against the Japanese Americans to remove Japanese Americans from west coast. This was especially magnified after the attack on Pearl Harbor. There were objections against this proposal from some Department of Justice representatives, however… it was still executed in the end. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed this order on February 19, 1942 -- effectively authorizing the removal of Japanese Americans.

Approximately 120,000+ Japanese-Americans were affected via this order. They were initially encouraged to depart from these critical places into assembly centers into interment camps. However, soon after, the others who didn't leave yet were then forced to move out. Why.

They lost pretty much all of their belongings from being forced to move out. (e.x. Life savings, businesses, private property...)

[Be right back as Matt goes... here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/]

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Really, it's just the president signing this executive order...]]> 2017-10-24 15:19:54 UTC https://padlet.com/connor_farrington/ago0hmc9b54n/wish/200039300 connor_farrington https://padlet.com/connor_farrington/ago0hmc9b54n/wish/200039587 Japanese were housed in barracks, families would sometimes live in one room cells. Often the camps were located in the middle of the desert, housing never had AC. Everyone had to share communal areas for everyday things like bathrooms, washer and dryer as well as eating areas. The camps were guarded by US soldiers and the perimeter was all barbed wire. The food they were served made it even harder for them. They were only fed three times a day, Meals were given in large dining halls where everyone would sit together. The portions were small, and the food they got was starchy and dull. They rarely ever given meat, only about once every 2 weeks. ]]> 2017-10-24 15:20:13 UTC https://padlet.com/connor_farrington/ago0hmc9b54n/wish/200039587 quinn_geren https://padlet.com/connor_farrington/ago0hmc9b54n/wish/200042638 2017-10-24 15:24:45 UTC https://padlet.com/connor_farrington/ago0hmc9b54n/wish/200042638 quinn_geren https://padlet.com/connor_farrington/ago0hmc9b54n/wish/200044078 the Japanese wanted to come together so their nation could be one at the end of the war because they were being picked out and seen differently because of their culture/race.]]> 2017-10-24 15:26:35 UTC https://padlet.com/connor_farrington/ago0hmc9b54n/wish/200044078 alexander_coleman https://padlet.com/connor_farrington/ago0hmc9b54n/wish/200046192 Divine emperor Hirohito (Alex Coleman) Propaganda wars   

Hirohito was the Emperor of Japan during WWII. He was a big influence on the war. He wanted to wage war with China to expand their holy land. He told the people of Japan that it was their divine right to rule over all of the land. He used words to persuade the people that war was necessary. For example, he said that the reason that pearl harbor was bombed was because they needed resources. The people believed what he said, and that made the people agree with the war. Hirohito was the face of Japanese propaganda. He did not show the misdeeds that he was preforming on the Japanese people. He only showed the people things that he wanted them to see.]]> 2017-10-24 15:30:00 UTC https://padlet.com/connor_farrington/ago0hmc9b54n/wish/200046192 quinn_geren https://padlet.com/connor_farrington/ago0hmc9b54n/wish/200046684 bad things would be happening to the Japanese and there would be American citizens watching it happen and not do anything about it. Japan felt like nobody was helping them in the tough times while all the Americans saw it happening. ]]> 2017-10-24 15:30:44 UTC https://padlet.com/connor_farrington/ago0hmc9b54n/wish/200046684