WWII Internment of Japanese Canadians

World War II certainly had its impact throughout the world. Although Canada was not at the center of this international conflict, the war had effects on other levels. After the attack on the american military base Pearl Harbor by the Japanese on December 7th 1941, fear of this nation spread throughout Canada, more precisely in British Columbia. Japanese Canadians were already subjected to discrimination by Canadians: there have even been reports of throwing bricks and flaming torches through windows. This attack only worsen their already bad situation. Canadians started acting irrationally…