It was all over the media that the Japanese Americans were known as sneaky and bad. This made the Japanese feel really offended. But they were determined to climb their way back up to the top again to show that they were important to the economy. A little bit later in life they began to renew their cultural traditions through cultural plays. They looked to society after the internment camp as living as freely as they wanted with no more restrictions. It changed the way they looked at life, because they just wanted to do what all the other Americans were doing. Japanese immigrants were looked upon, as the ones who were always being treated unfairly. (David Tamaki)

The internment camps and the exclusion act were only a few samples. These had a significant impact on the way Japanese Americans chose to live their life. Life wasn’t the slightest bit easy but they tried to get the best out of life by living like the rest of the people. Japanese looked to the International District as a start to being American, while maintaining cultural integrity. The Japanese lived in the southern part of International district of which they called Japantown. They wanted to separate themselves from the Chinese because they experienced some racism and it was hard to live around them. (David Tamaki)

Sources:

Tamaki, David T. "Japanese Americans in Seattle and King County ." 6 Nov. 1998. 11 Jul 05 http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=231

Tamaki, David T. "Japanese Immigration to the Puget Sound Region ." 26 oct. 1998. 11 Jul 2005 http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=300

Tamaki, David T. "Japanese Farming ." 29 Oct. 1998. 11 Jul 2005 http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=298

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