Asian Americans in World War 11

Introduction

In the recent years, the Asian American population has been increasing tremendously. For instance, between the years of 1970 and 1980, it grew by 125 percent and has been growing steadily especially after the World War 2. Currently, the population of Asian Americans is 1.8 percent of all the Americans. The major contributing factor to the growth of the Asian population has been immigration. Both Asians and Americans have played an important part in the history of America. Initially, the Asian Americans moved to the US as cheap labor. They were thus racially segregated and never regarded as equal citizens.[1]This bad treatment of the Asian Americans would apply even to those born in America and would continue until the World War 2. In fact, the WW II left the Asian American communities in a better position than they were before. In other words, by changing the relationship between America and Asia, the WW 2 affected the daily lives of Asian Americans positively.  It was the WW 2 that enabled the Asian Americans to access benefits of citizenship and freedom from racial segregation. This paper provides the many aspects that affirm that the WW 2 had a positive impact on the Asian Americans and left them in a better position as American citizens.