Race_War

Race War Race War The Second World War impacted American lives both at home and on the war front. The war impacted different ethnic groups differently within America. The emergence of a new enemy overseas took attention off of some groups and focused negative actions on others. Looking at the beginning, middle, and end of the war, displays three points in the war where American ethnic groups faced racial changes. Although all ethnic groups in America went through a transition period during the war, two minority groups went through major changes. Native Americans and Japanese Americans were both greatly affected by wartime beliefs of the 1940s. To show how these two groups were impacted at home and on the war front, accounts of two young Americans will be used to represent each cultural group during the three points of the war. The first person is Jeanne Wakatsuki, a second generation Japanese American. The second individual is Ira Hays, a Pima Indian living in Arizona. The beginning of the war came with the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The declaration of war with Japan affected many people in America in a number of ways. The majority of U.S. citizens hated Japan and all Asians for what war, japanese, americans, american, jeanne, ira, native, family, against, time, america, end, camps, society, world, white, wartime, two, new, japan, internment, groups, country, while, sense, people, pacific, life, jeanne’s, father, ethnic, during, race, both, sentiment, respect