A Student Essay Condemns Japanese American Internment

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Collection:: Land of (Unequal) Opportunity: Documenting the Civil Rights Struggle in Arkansas
Title:: A Student Essay Condemns Japanese American Internment
Publisher:: Fayetteville, Ark. : University of Arkansas Libraries
Date of Original:: 1943
Subject:: African Americans--Arkansas
Civil rights--Arkansas
Race discrimination--Arkansas
Segregation--Arkansas
People:: Higake, Akiko
Location:: United States, Arkansas, 34.75037, -92.50044
Medium:: essays
Type:: Text
Format:: application/pdf
Description:: Essay written by Jerome internment camp high-school student Akiko Higake.
Civil Rights -- Internment Camps -- Japanese-Americans -- Relocation Camps -- Jerome High School -- Denson -- Drew
take the propaganda views in the newspapers, magazines, and funnies, which have great influence on the creation of public opinion and some people may look upon us with suspicion, fear and hate. Therefore, resettling in new communities the evacuees should try to make a good impression on the public and not be conspicuous in anyway as to: clothes, manners (attitudes), and language, as we are alread conspicouos by our facial features. Thus, in delivering the genuine facts to the true Americans, we who in the future may resettle, shall be able to receive the just and fair treatment wherever we go in this land of liberty. The question where to resettle is on of the major issues in everyones mind. In government works as well as private enterprises, the doors of services must be opened to all regardless of race, color, creed, and class with the same treatment. But still certain jobs are denied to the Japanese-Americans because of their racial origin. The employment opened for us now are mainly domestic services, farm help and other minor works. If defense jobs are open to Japanese-Americans ina large number, this equal opportunit of occupation will lead many of us to do the utmost to demonstrate our patriotism through the services in the home front production. Still in view of past-war issues, the retirement of soldiers may affect many of us because of their first hand opportunity to obtain jobs since acquiring jobs is according to each individual's views. They who resettle in new communities have a tendency to congregate themselves in our area. Naturally they do want to live near other Japanese and it is indeed a privilege and ___ for civilized people to have freedom of choosing a dwelling place, but this situation gradually will create another est coast problem. So in order to integrate into new localities it is adviseable to choose a smaller community where one might have a greater opportunity to know and make friends with the overseers and eventually help to realize a fraternal community of tolerance and cooperation. In view of the students angle many people lack the opportunity to further their education. An equal opportunity of education should be given to all the ambitious men and women because if it is largely the schools that produce the builders of the nation which in turn utilize the happiness of humanity.and
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