5th Annual Korematsu Day is Here!
Today is the 5th annual Korematsu Day, a state-wide holiday honouring civil rights hero Fred T. Korematsu that is celebrated…
Category: History
Remembering Two Historic Moments for AAPI & the Labour Movement | #LaborDay
Today is Labour Day, a national day to commemorate the role of the American labour movement in shaping contemporary US…
Remember 32 years of Vincent Chin with #IAmVincentChin! Help trend it!
32 years ago, Chinese American Vincent Chin was celebrating his bachelor party in Detroit on June 19, 1982. That’s when…
British Columbia apologizes to Chinese Canadian community for historic wrongs
(H/T Angry Asian Man) Last Thursday, British Columbia premier Christy Clark introduced a bill to the provincial parliament offering an…
“Photographic Act of Justice” commemorates Chinese builders of Transcontinental Railroad
Earlier last month, I posted a call advertising photographer and Asian American historian’s newest project: an effort organized by photographer…
132 years ago today, the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed | #APAHM2014
The first Asians to arrive in the Americas are believed to be Filipino sailors who landed in North America as…
Reporter blames Vincent Chin for his own murder? | @nealrubin_dn
Published days before 2014’s Asian American Heritage Month opens, Neal Rubin (@nealrubin_dn) of the The Detroit News (one of the…
Valleywag casually compares WWII Comfort Women to internet matchmaking site
Okay, before I start this post, let me first ask one thing: what the heck is a Valleywag? Apparently, it’s some Gawker-esque…
#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…