r/MurderedByWords 4h ago

Makes Sense…

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u/Bobinct 3h ago

Twenty five years after Pearl Harbor were the Japanese treated like this?

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u/JonIsPatented 3h ago

Yeah, kinda. Prejudice against Japanese Americans based on Pearl Harbor persisted through the 60s and into the 70s. The emergency detention camps laws weren't repealed until the 70s. Japanese people were ostracized from a lot of society during that time. They eventually formed movements and joined with the Civil Rights movements of the 70s due to their mistreatment.