automatically they transferred attitudes held about Negroes to the evacuees. The racism in U.S. created many pressure between the young Japanese Americans. Like mentions in the No-No Boy, “It was because he was Japanese and, at the same time, had to prove to the world that he was not Japanese that the turmoil was in his soul and urged him to enlist… he loved America and would fight and die for it because he did not wish to live anyplace else.” For many Japanese Americans, they were American at heart, but Japanese by blood. They were forced to prove to the world that they were loyal to the country. Many of them voluntarily enlisted to the army as soon as they turned legal age. However, by doing so they were disobeying their parent’s wish. Similar to Ichiro’s mom, many Japanese deeply believe that Japan did not loose, and they should stay loyal to the country of their ancestry. As unrealistic it may seem, many Japanese parents tried to plant the idea into the minds of their children. This is where the young Japanese were being tear apart, both mentally and emotionally. There were also discriminations among the Japanese themselves. Basically Japanese were split into two groups, one being the ones loyal to U.S. government and the other loyal to Japanese emperor. No-no boys like Ichiro were being laugh at and teased by other Japanese Americans. Even though they might grew up together, but they did not want any connection with anyone that might make them seem disloyal to the U.S.Parallel to Japanese Americans, the war also affected the African American in various ways. From the very beginning, African Americans were being looked at as subhuman. They were considered more of an object then living human beings. They were being segregated from the rest of the white communities. However, African Americans in the Hawaii and the Mainland U.S. had a totally different wartime experience. African America...
