ntry's citizenship was granted largely based on their military expediency - America did not abide by its own ideals.
             To Asian American groups, citizenship meant more than just naturalized status - it meant economic equality and social opportunity. In Taishi Matsumoto's editorial the exclusion of second generation Japanese Americans from most jobs outside the ethnic enclave metaphorically alludes to the social unacceptability and exclusion of Japanese Americans. In reference to the fruit stand workers, Mastsumoto writes, "They make no complaints; they make no progress; they accept the days as they unfold, following [in] [their] wake as though it were their undisputable lots. (Taishi Matsumoto Bemoans Limited Employment Opportunities for Nisei, 259) Mastumoto utilizes this image as a social critique; living up to the silent Asian stereotype serves as a backward step in the advancement of Asian American citizenship. Likewise, the complexions of these disillusioned men are characterized as being "underdog". The collective feeling that encompassed most Asian Americans was one of confusion - although American their racial background denied them the fulfillment of the American Dream.
             Mike Masaoka extends Taishi Mastsumoto's depiction of American citizenship to include political trust. Through logical repetition Masaoka conveys the racial shaping of political citizenship. Masaoka writes, "But, also, as American citizens believing in the integrity of our citizenship, we feel that any evacuation enforced on the grounds violating that integrity should be opposed", and "But, if on
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