Japanese internment in the aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor in December of 1941, caused a new sense of ethnic and national identity within the Japanese American community. ... The internment of many Japanese Americans in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor left many generations with a haunting past. ... The prejudice of the United States during the aftermath of Pearl Harbor caused the formation of a new civil religion, one that fought for other marginalized groups as well....

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