Interactions and Collaboration

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Interactions and Collaboration
The first Japanese immigrants into the United States of America were laborers in the agricultural sectors. The presence of these immigrants gradually increased and by the year 1923 majority of the Hawaiian population was largely Japanese. They brought their rich culture and traditions with them especially Buddhism. The increasing population of the Japanese caught the attention of the US legislators, and in the year 1908, the gentleman’s agreement between the USA and Japan was arrived at. This agreement was a control measure to curb Japanese immigration to the USA.
In 1896, the Japanese immigrants established the first Japanese language school in Hawaii. The major reasons for establishments of these schools were to make sure that the Japanese children get to know the Japanese language, spread Japanese culture among the children, making the children aware of the Japan national anthem and pledging allegiance to the Japanese emperor. The language schools also taught the children on basic writing skills, how to read in Japan, and how to speak in Japan as well.
However, after the 1940’s these schools disappeared. The daily singing of the Japanese national anthem was considered as anti-American, and an impediment to nationalism by the Hawaiian residents and this, contributed to the down fall of this Japanese language schools. During the Second World War, these schools were profoundly affected, and the majority of them were shut down. In 1943, a law, which was against the language schools, was passed and this also led to the decline of the Japanese language schools. American-Japanese in Hawaii were assimilated into the armed forces during the world war, and this contributed to a shift of the Japanese culture and subsequent decline in the Japanese language schools (Chan 234).
The concept of Manifest Destiny was heavily used in making policies in the United States of America during the 1800s. John O'Sullivan was the first person to use these words and claimed that the United States of America could become a super power by spreading civilization to the world. Manifest destiny made it clear that there is no way that minorities and people of inferior races (non- whites) would be considered as the nation’s citizens. These inferior people were also not allowed to carry out any activities in the democratic process of the United States of America. Manifest destiny provided the go ahead of annexation of sparsely populated regions inhabited by inferior peoples and economic domination of these areas. The united states of America have never been content with stagnation.
Race is an illusion that was created by people in the early centuries in order to discriminate people who had different skin colors. It alters the peoples’ beliefs, privileges and governs how justice is delivered to wrong doers. Since a lot of people believed in racial diffe...