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Americans of Japanese ancestry.
by nipponese 8y ago
Americans of Japanese ancestry.
- teachrdan 8y agoRelevant username
- Retric 8y agoThat’s a fairly nominal way of defining ethnicity. However, it was not limited to just Americans. Oddly, in Hawaii, where 150,000-plus Japanese Americans composed over one-third of the population, only 1,200 to 1,800 were also interned.
- loeg 8y agoNot limited to, no, but the majority interned were US citizens. Yes, the internment was mostly limited to west coast mainlanders; Hawaii's economy would have fallen over if its Japanese-American population was interned.
- loeg 8y agoAbout 2/3 citizens, 1/3 non-citizens. I'm not sure how much of the latter group were permanent residents or intending to become citizens. Certainly, the majority were Americans.