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Many Americans view their country as perfect and free of faults, but there are many times in American history when oppression and inhumanity were the norms. One such time in American history was when Japanese-Americans were forced into internment camps after the attack on Pearl Harbor.had most of their belongings taken away. In the story “My Forbidden Face” by Latifa, the reader is exposed to the oppression and inhumanity of the Taliban in Afghanistan. During both the Japanese internment camps and the occupation of Kabul by the Taliban, access to an education, former jobs, and health care was taken away from a certain demographic of people. Education for both women and the Japanese-Americans was suspended by the forces that took their rights away for an extended period of time. In “My Forbidden Face,” the Taliban makes a decree that forbids women from getting an education and Latifa makes the remark that there is “No more school for girls”(38). The man in the article wrote that “‘Today was supposed to be my graduation day at Cal’” in his diary(Brown). This shows that in both situations, people had their education disrupted and even suspended. Although the situation in “My Forbidden Face” …show more content…

One of the decrees of the Taliban in “My Forbidden Face” was that “Women and girls are not permitted to work outside of home”(36). When the Japanese were forced into the internment camps, they were subjected to “the forced removal from their homes and jobs” as well(Brown). Without jobs, they were unable to support their families, and when they were able to get jobs again, it was much more difficult to do so. Also, it was much more difficult to get a job since they did not have an ongoing education. Due to these circumstances, the Japanese-Americans and women were left completely vulnerable and unable to get back to where they had been

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