Some Japanese Americans Are Republicans Because of FDR
They were unable to forget
President Franklin D. Roosevelt was a Democrat
The majority of Japanese Americans who were unjustly incarcerated in camps during World War II were able to move on and live productive lives. They were the younger generation. They became part of the model minority because they proved themselves to be good citizens who were patriotic and law-abiding. They were able to forgive, but they always remembered the hardships which resulted from the mistreatment of being denied their freedom.
The older generation of immigrant Japanese people who were imprisoned in the camps suffered greatly. Some were never able to recover. Many could not regain the economic stature that they had before the war. The younger generation said that they felt most sorry that their parents had to endure such an injustice of being unfairly incarcerated.
After Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on December 7, 1941, the United States entered the war with Japan. President Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) issued Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942. This gave the military commander in certain areas the authority to remove any persons from their homes. The order was a racist move used against people of Japanese heritage living on the West Coast of the United States. It…
