Pros And Cons Of Japanese Americans

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McKenna MorrisseyThomas EdgeMarch 2, 2016Reparations for Japanese AmericansWith all the information I was given I do believe that Japanese Americans should becompensated for the way they were treated. I understand this opens a lot of problems forAmerica. America has wronged so many races and still do. I believe that American having toface consequences for what they did. America should be forced to pay anyone that wemistreated. I feel that reparations can be the start of potentially making things better. In DavidMuras article “No-no Boys” said, “110,000 Japanese Americans were incarcerated, and did notget trails or any just treatment.” This information shows that America wronged so manyJapanese Americans. Americans tried to hide the extent of how they treated the Japanese.

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