Pre-War Status Of Japanese-Americans Before World War II

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Pre-War Status
Before World War II many Japanese-Americans were small business owners, and are generally considered more successful than other immigrant groups. The Time before World War II, Japanese-Americans were already heavily discriminated against, all over the place whites would hand signs saying they don’t serve “Japs”. Many had difficulty finding jobs, and as a result tended to group together in in their communities: “Little Tokyo”. Some Japanese-Americans owned somewhat large businesses and though still troubled like everyone else in the depression before the war, had it better than they did after it. When the war did come around most owners left their business in the hand of their employees to be reclaimed later .
The Japanese-Americans