In the mid 20th century, the peace and tranquility of post-World War 1 was shattered as the first Japanese bomb landed on Pearl Harbor, and set off a time bomb for the innocent Japanese Americans. .
Even before Pearl Harbor, Japanese Americans were looked down on in the United States, and for 3 main reasons; the Japanese American men were taking jobs from other white men, they were another drain on the economy, and also for simple culture differences. Japanese men were taking jobs from white men, making it harder for them to get a job and support their families. Some people saw the number of Japanese Americans and regarded them as a drain on the countries economy, which just recovered from the Great Depression. The Japanese culture was uniquely different from Americans, but scared some people who saw change, or being different as a bad thing. Japanese Americans were unjustly segregated by racist white Americans who were scared of Japanese Americans taking their jobs, they were worried about the economical drain of immigrants, and they were also scared of their different culture and its influences on change. .
Constantly people have been segregated as people of different races, religion, and sexual preference. This racism was appearent to the Japanese in America as they were looked down on by everyone white. " She never went to a store with out wondering if the clerks would ignore or humiliate her because she was Asian." Asians in this era were despised because their culture ostracized them from the typical American family. The racist Americans were given an opportunity to justify their hate as Pearl Harbor was attacked, so their racism came out full bore. " We"ll come right to the point," a tall red headed man said without bothering to sit down," There've been some complaints from the neighborhood about having Japanese on this block." Neighborhoods were full of racism as the suburbs were a place for Japanese to move.