Prejudice

Return to Japanese Internment in WWII

Asian Americans were at first welcomed to the United States through the Chinese who first immigrated to the United States. Both Japanese and Chinese people were welcomed due to “source of cheap labor, but shortly thereafter, became targets of anti-Asian campaigns, maligned as the ‘yellow peril’ (Society).” The Japanese prejudice was even more intense because they started to own their own farms and businesses. In the early 1900’s laws were passed that discriminated against Japanese, including the denial to own land, become an American citizen and to marry outside their race. Additionally, in certain areas “they could not buy homes nor work in certain industries and some children were sent to segregated schools” (Society). Immigration for the Japanese people came to a halt in 1924 which meant no one could now come to America. http://www.americablog.com/finger.jpg

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Citations: Society, National Japanese American Historical. Pre- War Discrimination. 24 October 2010 .