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> How legitimate is their use of "concentration camp", as opposed to the less automated and smaller scale "black site"? The defining feature of concentration c

• BuuQu9hu 10y ago
  Hi, Pacific Northwest native here. We learn about Japanese concentration camps, which were usually not deadly but still embodied all of the things that we don't like about them: Lack of due process, forced relocation, racism and prejudice, etc. WP discusses the deadliness, or relative lack thereof, of Japanese concentration camps: "Despite a shortage of healthcare workers, limited access to equipment, and tension between white administrators and Japanese American staff, these hospitals provided much needed medical care in camp. The extreme climates of the remote incarceration sites were hard on infants and elderly inmates. The frequent dust storms of the high desert locations led to increased cases of asthma and coccidioidomycosis, while the swampy, mosquito-infested Arkansas camps exposed residents to malaria, all of which were treated in camp. Almost 6,000 live deliveries were performed in these hospitals, and all mothers received pre- and postnatal care. The WRA recorded 1,862 deaths across the ten camps, with cancer, heart disease, tuberculosis, and vascular disease accounting for the majority."