Responses of non-Japanese Americans

The reactions of non-Japanese friends, neighbors and classmates were mixed. Some turned their heads and refused to recognize their former friends. Others believed the government propaganda and became outright hostile. Still others helped their Japanese American neighbors by storing belongings and driving them to the places where they were to be picked up. Perhaps only a handful of people understood the true implications of the course of events.

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doc Letter encouraging activism in response to the exclusion order (ddr-csujad-45-92)

A letter asking the reader to write letters to government officials, Henry L. Stimson, Charles M. Bonesteel, and Dillon S. Myer to protest the continued incarceration of Japanese Americans. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMRC_01-06_002

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-45-92/

img G.S. Hantf, a barber in Kent, Washington (ddr-csujad-7-14)

G.S. Hantf, a barber in Kent, Washington, who opposed the return of the incarcerees to their homes after the war, March 2, 1944. Photo shows him pointing to a sign "We don't want any Japs back here -- ever!" See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMLSC_JA_f14

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-7-14/

img Sign on a barbershop door in Parker, Arizona, "Japs keep out you rats" (ddr-csujad-7-2)

Barbershop in Parker, Arizona, with sign "Japs keep out your rats." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMLSC_JA_f02

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-7-2/

doc The Northwest Times Vol. 4 No. 102 (December 23, 1950) (ddr-densho-229-260)

"Chinese Fear Mass Removal of Their Kind" (p. 1), "Ex-U Aide Says Evacuation Book Led to Ouster" (p. 1), "Pushes Walter Bill" (p. 2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-229-260/

img "Japs keep out" sign close-up (ddr-densho-475-293)

Black and white photograph of "JAPS KEEP OUT YOU RATS" sign painted on a door.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-475-293/

img "Japs keep out" sign (ddr-densho-475-292)

Black and white photograph of a barbershop door with "JAPS KEEP OUT YOU RATS" sign painted on the door.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-475-292/

img "Japs keep out" sign close-up (ddr-densho-475-294)

Black and white photograph of "JAPS KEEP OUT YOU RATS" sign painted on a door.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-475-294/

doc Tolerance Appeal Made for Japanese (December 11, 1941) (ddr-densho-56-540)

The Seattle Daily Times, December 11, 1941, p. 14

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-540/

doc Legion to Keep Sponsorship Of Nisei Scouts (January 7, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-571)

The Seattle Daily Times, January 7, 1942, p. 17

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-571/

doc Bainbridge Japanese Keep Working, Face Bill Collectors. Soldiers Guard Bainbridge, Bar Jap Visitors to Island (March 24, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-711)

The Seattle Daily Times, March 24, 1942, p. 3

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-711/