Japanese American Internment

During World War II, over 110,000 people of Japanese descent were forcibly incarcerated in camps in the United States.  Over two-thirds were American citizens by birthright.  The rest included Japanese nationals, who by force of federal law could not naturalize because they were neither "White" nor persons of "African descent".  They even included Japanese taken from Latin America.  

This group of entries highlights the role that race and racism played in constructing the notions of the terrorist, national enemy, and citizen.  Part I focuses on what happened during World War II.  Part II discusses the reparations movement, with emphasis of the coram nobis cases.