Read this excerpt from the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, which granted repayments for losses to people who were sent to war reloc
ation centers after the Pearl Harbor attack.What is the central idea conveyed in this excerpt? The Congress recognizes that, as described in the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians, a grave injustice was done to both citizens and permanent residents of Japanese ancestry by the evacuation, relocation, and internment of civilians during World War II.
As the Commission documents, these actions were carried out without adequate security reasons and without any acts of espionage or sabotage documented by the Commission, and were motivated largely by racial prejudice, wartime hysteria, and a failure of political leadership.
The excluded individuals of Japanese ancestry suffered enormous damages, both material and intangible, and there were incalculable losses in education and job training, all of which resulted in significant human suffering for which appropriate compensation has not been made.
A.
The US Congress acknowledged that the Japanese relocation was a tragic mistake.
B.
People who were relocated never received the compensation they deserved for their losses.
C.
The Japanese relocation was a result of racial differences, the panic caused by the war, and poor leadership.
D.
The US Congress apologized for having evacuated and relocated thousands of ethnic Japanese people.
E.
Japanese Americans lost educational and job opportunities due to the internment.
