Initially only a third of Japanese Americans supported the redress campaign.

Evidence

According to one estimate, at that time about one third of Japanese Americans supported a national campaign, one third were against it, and one third were neutral. Some believed that looking backward would only cause more pain. Others thought that even if they were to get an apology and restitution, no amount of money could compensate them for the true harm they had experienced. But those in support persevered. Their compelling narrative quickly gained traction among non-Japanese Americans. — Dorothy A. Brown, Getting to Reparations, 190

Categorization

Category: Factual Claims

• XREF: Mirrors the internal skepticism often raised about Black reparations today (that victims themselves are split), giving Brown material to answer the parallel objection.

Related

• Reminders of Japanese redress raise Asian American support for Black reparations (similarity 0.83)
• Support for reparations within the harmed community was initially divided and thin. (similarity 0.80)
• Opposition to reparations can come from within the affected community. (similarity 0.78)
• Precedent reparations to one group boost another group’s support (similarity 0.78)