The racism, unprovoked hate, and misguided patriotism aimed at Kabuo Miyamoto is remnants from the veteran's of WWII who cannot let the war go because of the deep emotional ties to the memories. Since there have been people who are different, there has existed an intolerance and sometimes a baseless hatred towards those who chose to, and are sometimes forced to be, different from the "normal". There are several reasons for the racism towards Kabuo Miyamoto in Snow Falling On Cedars. Mrs. Heine's reason for her unbridled hate was that she thought that the Japanese were inferior to white people and that they should never have been allowed to immigrate. Some of the fisherman featured in the story simply had a fear of the unknown and didn't know what to think so they interpret the foreigner as a threat. The coroner that looked over the body of Carl Hei
"...Until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream."
The fisherman in San Piedro are shocked at the murder of the friend Carl. They need a scapegoat and what better scapegoat than an immigrant whom they never trusted from the start because of his physical attributes and background? After Art (the sheriff) presents his theory that Carl may have been murdered the first thing out of the mouths of the fisherman are "I saw Kabuo Miyamoto near him last night. Dense fog, if somebody woulda killed someone, it would been last night.". Now this statement doesn't directly implicate Kabuo in the murder but it does put to light the fact that Kabuo was seen with the deceased and had opportunity, and as it would later turn out, motive.
Mrs. Heine's hate for the Japanese stems from her childhood and is unexplained but for whateve
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