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The study of World War II Japanese American removal and incarceration remains fresh and interesting, even though it happened decades ago Despite the best efforts of those who had been uprooted, deprived of unalienable rights, and held captive against their will for over three years, little redress was to be found for more than a generation. A partial and belated governmental recognition and rectification finally came, but its insufficiency further fueled a smoldering fire that had been burning for some time. The smolder became a literary conflagration as an increasing number of scholarly works and firsthand accounts were published, decrying the abuses of incarceration, criticizing euphemisms like “relocation,” and working to create a public sympathy and awareness of the injustices done to these American citizens. Prejudice and rectification are still the major themes of the most recent scholarly work, but a close reading of primary sources, from the imprisonment experience through the present day, reveals that those afflicted by this heinous ordeal and their descendants want the world to understand something else. The story of what happened to this victimized yet amazing people has been told. The sufferers want us to comprehend not just what happened to them, but what they did about it, how they survived in these camps, and what this perseverance says about their indomitable spirit. They want to be seen as transcendent survivors who displayed dignity and patience, and not as aggrieved victims.
Keywords: World War II, Japanese, American, Internment, Incarceration
Suggested Citation:
Smith, Colin, Survival of Spirit: A Social History of the Incarcerated Japanese Americans of World War II (December 7, 2015). Survival of Spirit: A Social History of the Incarcerated Japanese Americans of World War II, 2015, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3258732
Explanation:
Survival of Spirit: A Social History of the Incarcerated Japanese Americans of World War II
Survival of Spirit: A Social History of the Incarcerated Japanese Americans of World War II, 2015
It was back then, I’d say when I was around 8 years old. I would always watch horror movies and horror documentaries, which was a terrible idea at the time. Whenever I tend to finish them, I’d close the lights in living room and run as fast as I could upstairs into my room. My door would then be shut closed, my windows would be locked as I hide under my blankets frightened that monsters would get to me and eat me alive.
Another scenario, When I was maybe around 10 years old, I would use to go out the woods around my house at night with a flashlight. It was that one day, I can remember as clear as sky I saw glowing red eyes deep inside the forest. It was cold then, back in New York I used to live. I was frightened to death and ran back inside the house scared
Funny perhaps, I was a weird kid back then
Public opinion can be measured by all of the following methods except c) scientific polls because this method usually shows error in statistics and it is often spoiled by random sample.
I would say: all of the above.
In the first case: if the prisoner didn't do anything wrong, then they should not be tortured for information.
<em /> In the remaining cases: this would mean destroying agriculture and culture of the enemy, not their military, yet it is the military that is probably the true object.
