Question

After reading the Munson Report and the Supreme Court’s Decision in Korematsu’s Case, what are your concluding thoughts about the Japanese Internment Camps that followed the attacks of Pearl Harbor? Why do you think they were established and do you think they were necessary?

Answer 1

I think that the American government thought of Japanese-Americans, as a threat to their stability, structure, and Americanism. The Japanese Internment Camps were established as a precedent of Americans exercising prejudice and their dominance over Japanese-Americans. I don’t think that internment were necessary, as it was a violation of basic civil liberties, as it was based on war hysteria rather than realistic evidence that proved Japanese-Americans to be a threat to the national security of America.