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Okihiro, Gary Y.; Sly, Julie – Phylon, 1983
A study of the wartime press suggests that the plan to incarcerate Japanese Americans (under Executive Order 9066) was government-initiated, that the public and the press initially disapproved of such treatment, and that events emanating from the government influenced shifts in press and public opinion that allowed implementation of the plan.…
Descriptors: Ethnic Bias, Ethnic Discrimination, Government Role, Japanese Americans