The previously mentioned quote also defines the Japanese internment camps because people turned against Japanese citizens, from political figures to their neighbors, through the media and word of mouth , all North American citizens were afraid of the minority. December 7, 1941 On the Hawaiian island of Oahu, Pearl Harbor was targeted by Japan; furthermore, causing distress throughout the country. As a result, pandemonium escalated when Japan attacked the U.S. Navy fleet, unleashing a racist epidemic against people of Japanese descent. Similarly, the horror of witchcraft changed the perspective towards the marginalized and some other people in The Crucible. After the attack on Pearl