![]() One is able to see the demonstrated racism throughout all of World War Two, but specific evidence such as a bill passed by President Roosevelt in 1942 is a direct example. Though the United States did not intern people in the 1970s, the racism seen targeting other minority groups such as African Americans, women, Asian Americans and others was very comparable to the racism seen in the 1940’s prefacing the Japanese internment. ![]() Houston, would even compare it to the time prefacing World War Two as “After Pearl Harbor was bombed and the United States entered World War II, the FBI declared all Japanese Americans, German Americans, and Italian Americans to be ‘dangerous enemy aliens.’ The government arrested and detained people on a daily basis” (Marsala). Some, like author’s Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. ![]() Though it was supposed to be a time where people were celebrating equality and equal rights, the 1970s were a time where racial injustices were still occurring on a daily basis. ![]()
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