According to (Bailey, 2008), on December 7th, 1941 Japan attacked United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii and on December 18th, 1941 Japan attacked Hong Kong, killing 2000 Canadian soldiers. According to (Marsh, 2012), in 1942 police were banging on doors at all hours of the day, ordering frightened occupants to gather up only what they could carry. Parents and innocent children who were found guilty of any crime were brought from their homes, moved into a central depute, and were sent out by train to remote camps in British Columbia. According to (Bailey, 2008), 95% of Canada’s Japanese population in 1941 resided in British Columbia. The government relocated Japanese Canadians into internment camps due to their belief that the loyalty of Japanese Canadians situated with Japan. The government believed that internment were the solution to calm the worried souls of Canadians and protect the Japanese Canadians from getting harassed by racist Canadians as said by, (japanesecanadianhistory.net). However, internment was a cruel punishment for Japanese Canadians, that were innocent of any crime. The internment of the Japanese Canadians was worthless, except for its contribution to the escalation of racial divisions. Japanese Canadians were negatively impacted by internment during World War II because they faced racial discrimination and
According to (Bailey, 2008), on December 7th, 1941 Japan attacked United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii and on December 18th, 1941 Japan attacked Hong Kong, killing 2000 Canadian soldiers. According to (Marsh, 2012), in 1942 police were banging on doors at all hours of the day, ordering frightened occupants to gather up only what they could carry. Parents and innocent children who were found guilty of any crime were brought from their homes, moved into a central depute, and were sent out by train to remote camps in British Columbia. According to (Bailey, 2008), 95% of Canada’s Japanese population in 1941 resided in British Columbia. The government relocated Japanese Canadians into internment camps due to their belief that the loyalty of Japanese Canadians situated with Japan. The government believed that internment were the solution to calm the worried souls of Canadians and protect the Japanese Canadians from getting harassed by racist Canadians as said by, (japanesecanadianhistory.net). However, internment was a cruel punishment for Japanese Canadians, that were innocent of any crime. The internment of the Japanese Canadians was worthless, except for its contribution to the escalation of racial divisions. Japanese Canadians were negatively impacted by internment during World War II because they faced racial discrimination and