And the question the legislation raises is whether those who suffered as a result of that injustice are entitled to redress. The people who were treated so shamefully were among the best model citizens of our community at the time when they were placed in the detention camps. Obviously ours is a nation of immigrants. and among the immigrants who did so much for our Nation were the Issei. the foreignborn JapaneseAmericans. whose determination and great faith in themselves. whose selfdiscipline and ability. enabled them to turn California deserts into gardens to beautify and feed America. Many of them helped build the railroads that span our great Nation. and many of them went into business and became highly successful. But always. the Japanese Americans were among the most dignified and public spirited citizens in their community. At the very outset. the Japanese immigrants should have been welcomed to our country in the same manner as the peoples of European nations. and yet they were not. Their contribution to the community was as great. if not greater. They were helpful. they were temperate. they were never troublemakers.
Identified stereotypes
Generalization that Japanese Americans were model citizens, dignified, public-spirited, temperate, and never troublemakers.