Chapters 2-5

Of the approximately 120,000 Japanese Americans imprisoned during World War II, about 40,000 were citizens of Japan. The United States was also at war with Germany and Italy. About one million German and Italian citizens lived in the United States. Only a handful were ever taken into custody, and no United States citizen of Italian or German descent was ever sent to an “internment camp.” Why do you think people of Japanese descent were considered more dangerous than people of Italian or German descent?