The fear that Japan would invade Canada during the Second World War gave rise to racism in Canada. After Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941 (Bolotta et al, 2000), Canadian citizens feared that Japanese immigrants living in Canada might aid Japan in its attack. Concerned for its citizens and the problems that might arise, the Canadian government avoided the problem by interning Japanese Canadians. The problem with this solution was that the Canadian government was not justified in interning Japanese Canadians. The Canadian government had no reason to intern Japanese Canadians; it was unreasonable, unnecessary and discriminatory. First of all, sending Japanese Canadians to internment camps was unreasonable because they had done nothing wrong. The only plausible reason why Japanese Canadians were interned was because they lived near the west coast of Canada, which could mean that they could provide Japan with information to invade Canada (Bolotta et al, 2000). Although a valid excuse, the RCMP released a report stating that Japanese Canadians posed no threat to Canada and were in no way dangerous (Bolotta et al, 2000). Additionally, most Japanese Canadians were born in British Columbia, spoke little or no Japanese, and had little or no connection with Japan (_____*reader's digest*, 1969). In other words, this should have indicated that Japanese Canadians posed no threat to the country. In simpler terms, the Canadian government had no justification for interning Japanese Canadians. Second, the extent of the internment of Japanese Canadians was an unnecessary measure taken by the Canadian government. For example, all their goods and properties were sold at auction at very low prices, which were then used to pay for their internment (______, 1969). If Canadians were fond of ......paper vision. Fear that Japan would attack Canada led to a rise in racism. Given Canada's history of racism and Asians (Bolotta et al, 2000), the internment of Japanese Canadians extended the timeline of prejudiced actions toward minorities. In simpler terms: fear, prejudice and discrimination against Japanese Canadians caused such an unfortunate event to innocent people. Works Cited Bigelow, Barbara C. and Christine Slovey. “Jerry Stanley?.” Second World War: primary sources. Detroit: UXL, 2000. 85-89. Print.Bolotta, Angelo, Dennis Gerrard, Denise Shortt, Charles Hawkes, Fred Jarman, Marc Keirstead and Jennifer Watt. "Japanese Canadians are under attack." Canada, face of a nation. Scarborough, Ontario: Gage Educational Pub., 2000. 170-172. Print."Evacuation." Canadians at War 1939/45. Montreal: Reader's Digest Association (Canada), 1969. 114-115. Print.