Japanese American Incarceration

Japanese American prison detention is widely regarded as one of the most serious violations of civil rights in American history. Imprisonment developed from a strong anti-Japanese sentiment on the West Coast of the United States. After the Japanese Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941, the pressure from military leaders, politicians, media and activist groups on the west coast will not act to cope with the "threat" of national security I finally convinced President Franklin Roosevelt that he would not have to. Japanese was done.

Since September 11, 2001, the imprisonment of Japan and the United States has been dialogue with the state on the illegal description of Muslims pretending to be national security. This similarity is a fertile foundation for the establishment of a partnership between Muslims and the Japanese community and strategic intervention in Islamic phobia as a national policy. For example, on behalf of Muslim prisoners held in Guantanamo Bay in 2003, prison sentences (and plaintiffs of Korematsu and the US) Fred Korematsu asked the court to know restriction limitations, explained court friends' explanation To the US Supreme Court. For similar racist paranoia, Japanese Americans are civil liberties. At the same time, in December of last year, Nikkei and Muslim American community groups headquartered in Chicago warned players to seek registration of Muslim Americans to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Pearl Harbor.

Is today's Japanese and Japanese detention similar to the discussion in Muslim Registry? Understand that Japanese large-scale imprisonment during World War II was a step-by-step process such as surveillance of pre-war temples and Buddhist pastors, threats to the list of pastors regarded as national security And finally, it was forced to the concentration camp behind the barbed wire It is reasonable to pay attention to American Muslim fate in the current political situation. What is required is the issuance of the president's administrative order (nothing racial or religious mention like EO 9066 in February 1942 is explicitly stated), civic gatherings and imprisoned " Military need "condition.