Discrimination in the Time of War A Then an Now project by Amrit and Rj.
Pearl Harbor The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, The U.S. declared war on Japan and rounded up Japanese Americans, putting them in internment camps.
Camps 110,000 Japanese Americans were put into internment camps because many Americans thought they were spies for Japan. However, no Japanese Americans spied for Japan.
Life in Camps Life was difficult in camps. Japanese Americans lost their rights and had no freedom.
Twin Towers Al Qaeda attacked the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
Discrimination Sikh Americans became targets of discrimination in the US because of their turbans and the way they looked. No Sikhs were in Al Qaeda or involved in the 9/11 attacks.
Racism Sikh homes were vandalized, temples were burned and some Sikhs lost their jobs.
Lesson In times of war, as in time of peace, people should not be judged by how they look.
Work cited “ Japanese Internment Camps. ” “ U*X*L Encyclopedia of U.S. Hist. Souia Benson, Daniel E. Brannen, Jr., and Rebecca Valentine Ed. Lawrence W. Baker and UXL, Gale Student Resources In context.web.14 May “ Immediately after 9/11, an epidemic of note crimes against minorities Swept the U.S. ” < fims.com/facts-on-backlash.