President. thousands of ItalianAmericans became innocent victims of wartime fevera panicked and a paranoid reaction that all people of foreign extraction linked to belligerent countries were spies. sabatours and unAmerican. Fear of fifth columnists and quislingtype activities led government officials to abridge the civil rights of Americans who came from warring countries. Patriotic propaganda villifying the treachery of sneak attacks. blitzkrieg and totalitarian domination had an effect on the homefront view of Italian. German and Japanese immigrants as well as naturalized citizens. inducing discrimination. Initial mistakes were magnified by protective zeal into wholesale judgements about aliens. which led to the detainment. internment and harassment of these people. That is why.
Identified stereotypes
Generalization that all people of foreign extraction linked to belligerent countries were spies, saboteurs and unAmerican.