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In reading The Crucible we ask ourselves how a community can turn on its own? What makes a rational people, good people, act irrationally and shamefully? What makes a society scapegoat its own? Before we pass harsh judgement on the people of Salem, we should look to the actions of our own nation towards some of its citizens during World War II.
 
The Munson Report,  a FBI intelligence report Evacuation Poster
When Americans were treated as traitors Toyo Miyateke and  Paul Ozaki, two different internment experiences