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Masooma Alsultan representing race paper 1 March 20,2014 The mysterious identity of Japanese American and Mexican American After the United States had gained its independence, immigrants began to arrive to the American lands. And in the late 1800s the immigrants’ situation has changed. Many Americans started to look at the immigrants, as that they are different. The Industrial factions moderators viewed immigrants as a source of good revenue and considered them as that they were cheap labors. Then every faction started to look at the immigrants in the way where their benefits are. As results, the government of the United States have had issued a restrictions on the immigrants. (Immigration Since the 1870s, 1). Some Americans who Return to origins of Japanese, Filipino, and Mexican roots had the problem of the mysterious identity, where they were treated as immigrants or non U.S. citizenships in several period of times. Japanese Americans and Mexican Americans were two of the big American parties who faced racism as a nation in the United states. During the world war II, and after the Japan have been a part in this war, Japanese Americans started to face a problem that they belong to both America and Japan. And it was hard to define where their loyalty belong to. “ Any one over the age of 17 years old, were required to answer: 27. Are you willing to serve in the armed forces of the United States on combat duty wherever ordered? 28. Will you swear unqualified allegiance to the united states of America or obedience to the Japanese emperor…?”(Evacuation Experiences of Minoru Yasui, 1981, pg19). This quote is from the text Evacuation Experiences of Minoru Yasui by author Minoru Yasui who is a Japanese American. The quote was ... ... middle of paper ... ...cism even with their U.S. citizenships that didn't change their identity on the other Americans view, and the U.S. government view. Works Cited: Daniels,Roger. “The War at Home.” Scholastic. Scholastic inc. Web. 20 March 2014. http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/wwii/ahf/mineta/background.htm “Immigration Since the 1870s.” University At Albany. State University of New York, n, d. web. 20 March. 2014. http://www.albany.edu/history/HIS530/Immigrationsincethe1870s/immigration.html Soto, Gary. “Mexicans Begin Jogging.” Reading Literature and Writing Argument. 2nd Missy James and Alan P. Merickel. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentis Hall, 2004. 143. Print. Yasui, Minoru. “Evacuation Experiences of Minoru Yasui.” Testimony to the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians, United States Senate. Densho Encyclopedia, 2012. Web. 12 March 2014.

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