Compare and contrast the Japanese relocation camps with Indigenous.docx
1. Compare and contrast the Japanese relocation camps with Indigenous
Peoples’
Asian Americans
Applicationhttps://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/08/09/210138278/japanese
-internment-redressWhat do you think?Using the texts, the lectures, and the internet write
about the following:1.Compare and contrast the Japanese relocation camps with Indigenous
Peoples’ (Native American) reservations in terms of paternalism and coerced
acculturation.2.What impact did WW II Japanese Internment experience have on the
Japanese Americans economically? How were Japanese Americans compensated for their
losses? (see article in link above) Does the compensation paid to Japanese Americans
provide a precedent for possible similar payments (or reparations) to African Americans for
their losses under slavery? Why or why not?
