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Japanese Americans In The USA
Japanese Americans were broken down into several categories based on how far their generation was separated from Japanese citizenship. Conditions in the camps were often not pleasant. Japanese Americans were treated bad just because they were Japanese. It wasnt fair the treatment that they gave them. In my opinion they shouldnt have been treated that way, Japanese Americans were separated from their families. This happened not a long time ago and and still hurt some of the Japanese Americans. Today the same situation is going on in the U.S.A., Muslims are no longer are allowed here. Same thing that happened years ago but with the Japanese Americans. Japanese Americans were´nt allowed to the U.S. no more, they were sent to camps. Some
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