https://padlet.com/jtoole2/jmwhddq31c9f Interpretation of the book No-No boy by John Okada en-us 2018-08-06 23:49:54 UTC 2018-08-07 01:35:16 UTC hello@padlet.com jtoole2 https://padlet.com/jtoole2/jmwhddq31c9f/wish/272131853 The No-No boys had the courage to do something that not a lot of people could. They knew they were Americans but fighting against the land that there ancestors came from was not something that they could do either. They made a hard decision and deserved to be recognised for what they have done.]]> 2018-08-06 23:49:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jtoole2/jmwhddq31c9f/wish/272131853 jtoole2 https://padlet.com/jtoole2/jmwhddq31c9f/wish/272131854 This looks at what the No-No boys had to go through and how they were mistreated by all people. The majority did not want to affiliate with them at all then there are those who understood the internal struggle the No-No Boys were going through and tried to help ]]> 2018-08-06 23:49:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jtoole2/jmwhddq31c9f/wish/272131854 jtoole2 https://padlet.com/jtoole2/jmwhddq31c9f/wish/272131855 The No-No Boys were treated like outsiders, even by other Japanese Americans. They were seen as weak and not a tru American because they would not serve the country]]> 2018-08-06 23:49:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jtoole2/jmwhddq31c9f/wish/272131855 jtoole2 https://padlet.com/jtoole2/jmwhddq31c9f/wish/272131856 Those who did not serve lost their own identities. Being born in America was no longer enough. being Japanese was now two seperate things and either you were american or you were Japanese and there was no in-between.]]> 2018-08-06 23:49:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jtoole2/jmwhddq31c9f/wish/272131856 jtoole2 https://padlet.com/jtoole2/jmwhddq31c9f/wish/272131857 Many Japanese Americans fought to gain equality once again claiming what the American government was unconstitutional and needed to change.]]> 2018-08-06 23:49:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jtoole2/jmwhddq31c9f/wish/272131857 jtoole2 https://padlet.com/jtoole2/jmwhddq31c9f/wish/272131858 There were many Japanese Americans who did not say no and joined the army. They chose to fight for the country willingly and when they returned they were celebrated as heroes]]> 2018-08-06 23:49:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jtoole2/jmwhddq31c9f/wish/272131858 jtoole2 https://padlet.com/jtoole2/jmwhddq31c9f/wish/272131859 It was wrong for America to take and separate these families and it took decades for them to admit it.]]> 2018-08-06 23:49:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jtoole2/jmwhddq31c9f/wish/272131859 jtoole2 https://padlet.com/jtoole2/jmwhddq31c9f/wish/272131860 During World War II Japanese Americans were taken from their homes and placed into internment camps. Here they had to fill out a questionnaire and the last two questions are what bring the term No-No boy to life.]]> 2018-08-06 23:49:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jtoole2/jmwhddq31c9f/wish/272131860 jtoole2 https://padlet.com/jtoole2/jmwhddq31c9f/wish/272133777 These camps were basically concentration camps. however due to the negative stigma surrounding that word concentration camp the name was changed.]]> 2018-08-07 00:10:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jtoole2/jmwhddq31c9f/wish/272133777