Based on this document, to what extent was WWII a time of progress and equality for all Americans?

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Source: Excerpt from an editorial by Harry Paxton Howard, "Americans in Concentration Camps"
published in The Crisis, September 1942. Founded in 1910, The Crisis is the official magazine of the
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), an organization dedicated to promoting
civil rights.
'Along the eastern coast of the United States, where the numbersof Americans of Japanese
ancestry is comparatively small, no concentration camps have been established. From a military
point of view, the only danger on this coast is from Germany and Italy... But the American
government has not taken any such high-handed action against Germans and Italians-and
their American-born descendants- on the East Coast yet has been taken against Japanese and
their American-born descendants on the West Coast. Germans and Italians are "white."
Color seems to be the only possible reason why thousands of American citizens of Japanese
ancestry are in concentration camps.
Based on this document, to what extent was WWII a time of progress and equality for
all Americanst
What's a piece of evidence that backs up your answer?
DI
Transcribed Image Text:SOURCE C Source: Excerpt from an editorial by Harry Paxton Howard, "Americans in Concentration Camps" published in The Crisis, September 1942. Founded in 1910, The Crisis is the official magazine of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), an organization dedicated to promoting civil rights. 'Along the eastern coast of the United States, where the numbersof Americans of Japanese ancestry is comparatively small, no concentration camps have been established. From a military point of view, the only danger on this coast is from Germany and Italy... But the American government has not taken any such high-handed action against Germans and Italians-and their American-born descendants- on the East Coast yet has been taken against Japanese and their American-born descendants on the West Coast. Germans and Italians are "white." Color seems to be the only possible reason why thousands of American citizens of Japanese ancestry are in concentration camps. Based on this document, to what extent was WWII a time of progress and equality for all Americanst What's a piece of evidence that backs up your answer? DI
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