S Todd CHC 2DI Treatment of Japanese Canadians Prejudice an anfavourable attitude formed without fairly examining the facts Discrimination an unfair difference in the treatment of people ID: 473721
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Japanese Internment
S. Todd
CHC 2DISlide2
Treatment of Japanese Canadians
Prejudice
-an
anfavourable
attitude formed without fairly examining the facts
Discrimination
-an unfair difference in the treatment of peopleSlide3
Why was there so much discrimination against Japanese Canadians?
Skin
Colour
Customs
Eg
. Cremation, picture brides
War situation
Eg
. Invasion of Manchuria, attack on Pearl
Harbour
, fear of spies on the West Coast
Jealousy
-many Japanese were excluded from higher-paying jobs before the war, so they went on to become successful business people in farming and fishingSlide4
The Plight of Japanese Canadians
December 16, 1941: all Japanese (even Canadian-born) had to register with the RCMP
January 1942: Japanese were not allowed to operate or own fishing boats (why??)
January 1942: had to turn in all cameras, radios, vehicles, weapons
February 1942: Japanese-Canadians deported from 100 mile wide “protected area” along BC coast (why??)
Sent to poorly-built internment camps or beet farms
Government justified the measure under the Wartime Measures ActSlide5
The Plight of Japanese Canadians
They had to turn in all of their belongings to the Canadian government for “safe-keeping”
Instead, the government sold their possessions and their homes (sometimes for as little as $50)
Performed farming or
labour
jobs
Men who resisted were sent to POW campsSlide6
The Plight of Japanese Canadians
August 4, 1944:
“It is a fact that no person of Japanese race born in Canada has been charged with any act of sabotage or disloyalty during the war”
– Prime Minister Mackenzie KingSlide7
The Bad News
Despite King’s statement, the federal government passed a law that gave Japanese Canadians a choice:
Go back to Japan
OR
Resettle east of the Rockies
The government still wanted them away from the coastSlide8
The Result?
The Canadian public put enormous pressure on the government to stop deporting its own citizens
On January 24, 1947, the law was revoked but the damage was already doneSlide9
Apology
September 1988: Prime Minister Brian Mulroney announced that the government would partially re-pay Japanese Canadian survivors for their losses
The terms were:Slide10
Terms
1. A public apology for past injustices against Japanese Canadians
$21 000 for each surviving Japanese
Canadian born before 1949
$24 million to establish a Race Relations
Foundation
4. $12 million to the Japanese Canadian Association for low-cost housing for elderly Japanese CanadiansSlide11
Clips
Japanese Internment:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljpb21QDPqc
(10:13)
David Suzuki:
http://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMk_RRO5ZUw
CBC
Apology to Japanese Canadians:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxVZtQULIMQSlide12Slide13Slide14Slide15Slide16Slide17