This paper argues that some of the actions of the United States were just as morally corrupt as those of the Axis powers
during WWII. Similar to the Nazi's
imprisonment of Jews in Europe, the U.S. government imprisoned Japanese Americans on the West Coast. The paper argues that the
internment of Japanese was more of an act of racism than actual perceived threat. The author of the paper is of the opinion that the internment of Japanese in 1942 was a decision motivated by race rather than defensive strategy. It chronicles the events leading up to the internment, the presence of racism before and after the bombing of Pearl Harbor and concludes by comparing the imprisonment of Japanese in America with the current war on terrorism.