"Americans are Known as Great Relocators" Essay

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Collection:: Land of (Unequal) Opportunity: Documenting the Civil Rights Struggle in Arkansas
Title:: "Americans are Known as Great Relocators" Essay
Publisher:: Fayetteville, Ark. : University of Arkansas Libraries
Date of Original:: 1943-08-12
Subject:: African Americans--Arkansas
Civil rights--Arkansas
Race discrimination--Arkansas
Segregation--Arkansas
Location:: United States, Arkansas, 34.75037, -92.50044
Medium:: documents (object genre)
Type:: Text
Format:: application/pdf
Description:: Essay written by Jerome internment camp high-school student Akiko Shiotani.
Civil Rights -- Japanese-Americans -- Relocation -- Internment -- Denson -- Drew
[135] Akiko Shiotani August 12, 1942 Americans are known as great relocators. Many of us may think that the problem of relcoation has downed upon a certain minority group fpr the first time in our American history. In order to obtain a broad perspective on this issue, it seems that it is incumbent that we refer to American history where there are many incidents when a certain group of people or individuals have resettled involuntarily or voluntarily for political, economic, or religious reasons. Our world history will evidence the same fact where people have resettled in a new en- vironment. Today, we, Japanese Americans, find ourselves in the same predicament, wherein we must prove our way for our future security and welfare. The policy pursued by the W.R.A. evidences the farsightedness of its official in resettling the Japanese Americans so that we will be able to live a normal life and enjoy the full citizenship rights that are guaranteed by the constitution of the United States. With great demands for workers at the present time, the W.R.A. feels that it is an opportune time to accelerate the program of resettlement so that the "Japanese problem" will be minimized as much as possible during the poor-war era. This program of relocation is more than ever emphasized today, in spite of the pressure groups such as the American Legion of California and the Native Sons and Daughters of Golden West who are utilizing all kinds of influences to confine us in the camps. After the policy was announced to give indefinite furloughs to evacuees as soon as they obtained leave clearance and were assured employment outside and and in communities where they would be received without hostility, many thousand evacuees have left manu Relocation Centers. They are leaving
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