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War not only causes one country or group of people to attempt the destruction of another, but can even lead a nation or population of individuals to fear, degrade and hate their own friends, family members and other countrymen. The Civil War was a prime example of this bizarre turn of events. Those who were or would have been hospitable and friendly toward someone else yesterday, now saw that same person as the enemy who had to be attacked on the battlefield. It did not matter if these individuals had actually been part of the same country and pledged their allegiance to the same government for decades, the war had made them scorn anyone who lived across their border or wore a different color uniform.
The book No-No Boy epitomizes this change that occurred among people over night. The Japanese-Americans, who had pledged support of the United States and...
Anglo-Americans recognized them as the dreaded "Japs" and put them into internment camps "for their own protection." Further, family members such as Ichiro's mother and brothers were on different sides of the issue. Ichiro was placed in a "damned if you do and damned if you don't" position. If he fought for the United States, he would be a hypocrite -- how could he support a country that did not support his own people? If he did not fight, he was scorned by those same people he supported.
Although in 1947 President Truman pardoned the approximately 300 Japanese-Americans who refused to fight in World War II on constitutional grounds, it was not until 1990 that the first Japanese-American received redress from internment. Further, it was not until 2001 that the Japanese-American Citizens League apologized to these…
Although in 1947 President Truman pardoned the approximately 300 Japanese-Americans who refused to fight in World War II on constitutional grounds, it was not until 1990 that the first Japanese-American received redress from internment. Further, it was not until 2001 that the Japanese-American Citizens League apologized to these resisters. "What we're saying is we shouldn't be condemning or trashing people who took a stand for our community's civil rights," said Andy Noguchi, co-chair of the Recognition and Reconciliation Ceremony where these individuals received long-awaited support. "These were a group of 300 young men who stood up for the community's civil rights." The scars from wars take very long to heal.
Unfortunately, if history demonstrates anything, it is that humans do not always totally learn from their mistakes. After the September 11 tragedy, where Americans should have been even more supportive of one another, bigotry and fear arose again against the Arab-Americans and Muslims. On the negative side, innocent people were put in jail, Mosques were defaced. Arab-owned businesses were shot, Arab-Americans faced verbal and physical abuse in the streets and Internet message boards burst with anti-Arab and anti-Muslim slogans and threats. On the positive side, however, this situation was different from those in the past. The United States has become much more integrated since the 1940s. Arab-Americans live in all parts of the country, whereas most Japanese had lived on the West Coast. Numerous Arab-Americans also now have positions of political and economic authority. Further, a large number of people from all American populations quickly saw the handwriting on the wall and did all they could to be proactive and stem violence before it started.
America still has a long way to go to eliminate racism and anti-Semitism. The hope is however, that as the world becomes more global and advanced, humankind will become, as its name implies, more "kind." The other possibility, not becoming more humane, will one day destroy the world. Hatred can easily eat away at all that is good in the world and, like Kenji's leg, finally destroy the rest of the body.
The need for effective resistance, and a banding together of citizens against states that engage in armed conflict is one of the dominant themes of "War." Pirandello's use of an omniscient, observing and dispassionate narrative voice enables him to switch focus, midway through the very short story, and turn the reader's attention to a large, overweight man who makes a somewhat incoherent argument for the importance of sacrificing one's children
In the film the Battle of Algiers (1997) the backdrop or setting is the ancient city with its narrow winding passageways, tunnels, stairways, and arches. The old city is complex, full of danger and hiding places, a metaphor for the war itself and the participants who must survive. The issue is to whom the country should belong and who should have power, the French colonialist invaders or the indigenous people.
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) The State of Education in Third World Countries Third World countries, by definition, include the poorest and the most underdeveloped. Most of them, therefore, are severely lacking in most development indicators including education and literacy levels. So even though, it is now universally recognized that education is the most cost-effective factor in improving the quality of life, both at the individual and at the collective level, millions of people in poor,