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Injustice in Canada
Racial-based conflict always results in the devastation of innocent lives, and an example of it is how Canada treated the Japanese-Canadians during the Second World War. As Japan was allied to Germany, they were enemies with Canada, which was a British ally, and there were many Japanese that immigrated to Canada decades before WW2, and also many that were born in Canada. Due to this, they can be considered citizens of Canada or Japanese-Canadians. The Canadian government, due to its racism and fear of Japanese spies in their own country, sent 90% of the Japanese-Canadian population from British Columbia to internment camps with poor living conditions. They even forcibly bought/liquidated Japanese-Canadian property. All this was done because of their race. Japanese-Canadians are victims of three forms of abuse: physical, psychological, and financial. The Japanese Canadians endured physical abuse due to the poor living conditions in the internment camps. The internment camps were dirty, overcrowded, and people had no privacy. On top of this, there was very little food and inadequate sanitation facilities. In the novel "Obasan" by Joy Kogawa, the main protagonist "Naomi" compared chickens to the displaced Japanese, as chickens are weak, oppressed, and treated as food by humans, and she also hinted that the environment of the internment camps was similar to chicken farms. The Japanese-Canadian families unfortunate enough to be held in the internment camps also endured other physical hardships, such as rape and murder. The internees were not charged with any crime, given a trial or a court hearing, though they were treated as criminals due to their being of Asian descent. Japanese-Canadians suffered psychological abuse due to being betrayed by their own country, and being innocent, it was a challenge for many not to lose the will to live. The Japanese-Canadians were demonized and even referred to as a "menace" in a speech by MP. Ian Mackenzie. He was even outraged that the Canadian government was being called "dirty" for arresting innocent men, women, and children on the grounds of national security. Much of the media was also used for the purpose of instilling fear in the public to ensure that no resentment would be shown towards them. The Japanese-Canadians were victims of financial abuse as their personal assets were confiscated by the Canadian government and sold at a profit. Auction sales were being held were confiscated Japanese-Canadian property was sold. In the novel "Obasan","Uncle Isamu" was a victim of financial abuse as his boat was confiscated by the RCMP. Some were even relocated to new homes with poor living conditions compared to their previous ones. This shows the Canadian government was scamming the Japanese-Canadians, which is also another form of financial abuse. In conclusion, all three forms of abuse are caused by racial-based conflict, which resulted in the devastation of the lives of innocent Japanese-Canadians. The injustice towards the Japanese is just one of the many racial-based injustices that have existed or still exist in Canada, such as racism towards the First Nations Peoples.