“Unfinished Business

 

Based on your reading of Takaki chapters 8 and 10 and your viewing of “Unfinished Business,” address the following questions in your essay: 1) Based on your reading in Takaki, in your own words compare the experiences of the Chinese and the Japanese in the American economy, primarily in California. How were they exploited for their labor and how were they able to become economically self-sufficient? Support your answer using examples raised in the text. 2) BasedonyourreadinginTakaki,inyourownwords,comparethestruggles of the Chinese and Japanese in their attempts to gain inclusion and citizenship. What legal barriers prevented them from gaining inclusion and citizenship? Make sure you talk about the legislation and court cases that shaped the exclusion they would face. Support your answer using examples raised in the text. 3) Basedonyourviewingof“UnfinishedBusiness,”doyoufindtheresistance of Min Yasui, Fred Korematsu and Gordon Hirabayashi justifiable, given the nation’s attitude toward Japanese Americans during World War II? Why or why not? Do you feel that this country was justified in its incarceration of Japanese Americans based on America’s fears during wartime? Support your analysis using examples raised in the film.

 

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