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A Serious Question About The Japanese Interment Camps.

One of the most despicable acts by the US government was the segregation and interment of over 120,000 people of Japanese descent. These individuals, the majority of whom were American citizens, were forcibly removed from their homes in the western United States following Executive Order 9066 and detained in remote camps such as Manzanar, Tule Lake, and Minidoka.

The United States was attacked by Japan on December 7, 1941. Only days later, Hitler declared war on the US, and now Uncle Sam was in WW2, not only in the Pacific but now in Europe, like it or not.

The Axis Powers were Germany, Italy, and Japan.

My question is this:
Why were Germans and Italians in the US, not placed in camps like the Japanese?

I look forward to your input.
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SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
Good question.

I guess Asians were most visible in Amerucan society, while Germans and Italians were felt to be more effectively integrated.

In the UK internment was mainly for people of German heritage and perhaps had a more practical justification as our country bordered German occupied France.

There was, and still is, prejudice towards people with German sounding names. Our own royal family re-named themselves as "Windsor" (they were originally Saxe-Coburg-Gotha) in 1917 to distance themselves from their north German roots.