Given this groundwork, it is apparent that memory can have a paramount and considerable effect on how events, stories, information and more importantly, history is written and passed on from generation to generation. ... The story of the internment of Japanese-Americans in the United States during World War II is an example of a memory and piece of history that has been effectively preserved and subsequently, transferred from generation to generation. ... The Japanese- Americans were at the mercy of the United States government for seemingly doing nothing wrong, besides being of Japanese decen...

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After the attacks by the Japanese, the government had viewed the Japanese Americans as a threat to the nation's security. ... Also the government had the support from many non-Japanese American Citizens that voiced strong opinions of the Japanese. ... One man justified the government's decision to intern the Japanese saying, "everywhere that the Japanese have attacked to date, the Japanese population has risen to aid the attackers. ... "Japanese Americans lost much of the economic ground they had gained in more than a generation" "(Austin 4). ... All the Japanese had were each other....

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Her story reflected the gap between the Issei and Nisei – first and second generation, and the difficulties of being a Japanese American during this time period. ... The first thing to notice about Monica's story is the distinct gap between two generations. ... Moreover, Monica and her siblings were criticized by Japanese kids for being Americans when they traveled to Japan, yet they couldn't blend in with the American mainstream due to widespread discrimination toward Japanese people. ... When World War II struck, both generations of Japanese American had to deal with extrem...

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Secondly, the Japanese internment of 1942 was a giant step backwards for both Canada and Human rights and freedoms. It began the day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and it lasted until Japan surrendered. Thousands of innocent Japanese-Canadians were simply arrested and put inside internment camps. ... The Japanese internment is important because it proves the point of how Canada has not always been how it is today. Just because the internment was not a good thing does not cancel it from being a defining moment, this event must never be forgotten because we need it to teach future gene...

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