By: Rosan D.

It felt like a few weeks ago that I saw my neighbour being dragged out of her house and forced 

into an internment camp. She was a small, old lady, and wouldn’t even hurt a fly. The actions of 

the Canadian government were not justifiable one bit. The law, “Innocent Until Proven Guilty” 

was clearly violated. Trials were not even put in place for the innocent Japanese Canadians. 

Where was the proof to put them in the camps? Just yesterday the R.C.M.P. said they were 

found to be loyal and by no means a threat to Canada. How much longer will my neighbour 

have to endure these racist acts? I hope to see her soon. 

Curricular Competency

• I made an ethical judgement about the action of internment the Japanese-Canadians in my paragraph by making sure the unfairness that the Japanese-Canadians went through was clearly indicated.

• I did assess and explained the changes the Japanese-Canadians went through in my research handout by explaining that the everyday innocent Japanese-Canadians were forced into camps.  

•  I did assess and explained the justification for different views of Japanese-Canadian internment in my research handout and paragraph by explaining the view of many non-racist individuals.

Core Competency

• I did analyze evidence from the research I did and made judgements which has been shown in my paragraph.

•   I now understand and can appreciate diverse perspectives on issues and can resolve problems effectively and responsibly by this assignment which has helped me see that people are not bad just because of their ethnicity.

• I now understand what is important to me and I can explain my values since the situation that the Japanese-Canadians faced have opened up my eyes.