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Rabbit in the Moon Notes

  • Wishing to be white instead of Asian
  • Mother died at the age of 34
  • School neglected
  • Anyone 1/16 Japanese blood was evicted
  • JACL for Japanese Americans only
  • Kibei – Japanese educated/too Japanese
  • Questionnaire was given to Japanese inmates to join the army
    • Asked to see a man and not a rabbit in the moon
  • Tule Lake inmates were considered to be disloyal – 12,000
  • Over 5,000 Japanese Americans renounced their citizenship
  • Japanese Americans in Hawaii received better treatment
  • The draft was reenacted in camps
  • After the war ended, inmates were quickly asked to leave
  • Most of the inmates that were put in the camp were in their 50s-60s

~ by Angelica Perez on April 19, 2019 . Tagged: ,



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