internment in ww2 was absolutely discrimination to people living in their own country.
we sometimes forget the single most important objection. Since the Pacific War was called a “race war” without qualms, it is easy to see how concern about this homefront policy focuses on race. The debate over the internment is typically framed as a balance between national security and civil rights, whether protection of the homeland demands sacrifice of its principles.
When a man named Takao Ozawa tried to naturalize, bringing his claim to the Supreme Court in 1922, the Japanese immigrant observed that he had converted to Christianity, spoke English only, and was employed by an American company, his wife was similarly attached to these new customs, and they were raising their children to be loyal to their adopted land. The justices rejected his application, earnest though he may have been, erecting a racial requirement for citizenship: you had to be a “free white person” to qualify.
If Canada were to be at war with another country today, with more diversity in our country now, many people should agree internment should not be happening. People can say discrimination is less than in the past but I think we have the same amount, but just with different ways its being handled.