“Allegiance” Gives Voice and Life to Japanese American History
This year marks the 70th year of the closing of the World War II incarceration camps (JACL’s “Power of Words”)…
Tag: Japanese American Internment
Wesley Clark Calls for Modern Day Incarceration Camps Styled After Those Used During WWII
Retired US Army General Wesley Clark — who ran unsuccessfully to represent the Democratic party in the 2004 presidential primaries…
“Allegiance” will bring musical tale of Japanese American internment to Broadway
A little more than two years ago, George Takei headlined the original musical “Allegiance” which appeared in San Diego’s Old…
Fox News guest is sorry-not-sorry for comments supporting Japanese American internment and Hiroshima
Last week, I posted about a mind-numbingly horrible segment aired by Fox News’ Cashin’ In regarding anti-Muslim profiling. In it, hedge fund…
Fox News calls anti-Muslim profiling “a good start”, supports claim by citing Japanese American internment
I don’t even know where to begin. I really don’t. So, let’s just start at the beginning, shall we? Last…
Help fund Good Luck Soup Interactive: a participatory story-telling project for Japanese American internees!
Matthew Hashiguchi contacted me earlier today to let me know about his really awesome web-based storytelling project: Good Luck Soup…
#DayofRemembrance: 12 images of Japanese American strength, patriotism & general awesomeness
72 years ago today, Executive Order 9066 was signed. Earlier today, I posted a pictorial retrospective of anti-Japanese xenophobia and…
#DayofRemembrance: 10 images of Japanese American internment
As I posted earlier, today marks 72 years following the signing of Executive Order 9066, which paved the way for…
#DayofRemembrance: 12 images of anti-Japanese xenophobia from the 1940’s (and earlier)
72 years ago today, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which established military zones in the West Coast, eventually…
Korematsu Day: Fred Korematsu and the courage to defend your country by defying it
Today would have been Fred Korematsu‘s 95th birthday. Born on January 30, 1919 in Oakland, California to Japanese parents, Fred…
Hawaii Five-O tackles Pearl Harbour and Japanese American internment, and it was incredible
I can’t figure out why lists of positive, progressive representations of Asian Americans on primetime television keep forgetting Hawaii Five-O. Really.…
Former Japanese American Internee Answers Questions in “Ask Me Anything” Feature on Reddit
A Japanese American woman, now a grandmother, was interned at Tule Lake during WWII. Recently, on Reddit, she was featured…