SINCE THE U.S. WAS ALSO AT WAR WITH GERMANY AND ITALY, WHAT ABOUT AMERICANS OF GERMAN AND ITALIAN DESCENT?
There were Germans and Italians who were interned for short periods of time but not en masse. The racial prejudice included rampant anti-Asian and specifically anti-Japanese sentiment since the turn of the century. For example, because of race, Japanese immigrants could not become naturalized citizens until 1952 unlike their European counterparts.
