National university of uzbekistan named after mirzo ulugbek faculty of foreign philology

“Concentration Camp, U.S. Style”

• Ted Nakashima’s family was one of thousands forcibly relocated from the West Coast when the United States entered the Second World War.
• What was the official reason given for internment?
• What unofficial reasons also almost certainly played a part in the decision?
• The relocation camps used for internment were hastily constructed and placed in out of the way locations.
• According to Nakashima, what were the biggest problems faced by the inhabitants of the camps?
• Although the Supreme Court upheld internment in the case of Korematsu vs. United States, it was actually quietly phased out beginning in 1944.
• What does Nakashima feel was the most senseless aspect of internment?
• Do you think this may have been a factor in internment’s being abandoned?