Effects of Evacuation on Japanese-American Youth

Abstract

T ODAY America is facing many youth problems which are the result of emergency measures created during the war era. Our American youth of Japanese ancestry represent, en masse, a group that was exposed to the most unexpected and disheartening experiences of any juvenile group in this country during the war years. The impression of these experiences has been stamped upon their personalities and may influence their thinking and their behavior in future years. In their interest, and for the further development of sympathetic understanding and the promotion of good will among all groups, especially the youth of America, the following interpretation of the effects of evacuation on Japanese-American youth is presented, with the hope that the American public may better understand these young people and continue to offer sympathetic guidance as they endeavor to adjust to the American