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Published: 03.04.2004.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Japanese Internment Was Wrong', 1.
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Dear Fellow Americans:
I am a member of the Young Diplomats club and we read a book on Japanese internment called Farewell to Manzanar. My purpose for writing this letter is because I am very sorry about what happened to you during World War II. What happened to you back then was wrong. By putting you in internment camps the government took away your rights and liberties as an American. There are many reasons why the government did this and why it was wrong.
Internment was wrong because this hurt the Japanese business. By being put in internment camps, the Japanese who had shops had to close them down. …

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