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expected the 'notice' signs to be in japanese... ? YES - I know that most of the folks were american-born-english speaking. But the paranoia against them was
by mgkimsal 10y ago
expected the 'notice' signs to be in japanese... ?
YES - I know that most of the folks were american-born-english speaking. But the paranoia against them was that they were all working for the Japanese govt and all secret agents and whatnot. Would have made more sense to try to present info in their "own language".
Stating that you couldn't read the Japanese writing would be PROOF that you are, in fact, a Japanese spy.
- waterphone 10y agoThe occupants of Japanese internment camps in the U.S. were Japanese American.
- ComputerGuru 10y agoWhich makes it all the more ridiculous of a paranoid, senseless, knee-jerk internment.
- joetek 10y agoThose second and third generation Japanese Americans wouldn't be able to read it.
- katkattac 10y agoOut of the 110,000 incarcerated, 62% of were American-born citizens. Since they were all living in America, and this all happened in America, English certainly makes since.