Ethics & morality as this convo shows doesn’t seem to be a deterrent & instead used to justify need for nukes. How about a climate change angle? How much damage have nuclear testing & increased use of lesser weapons like napalm contributed to global warming?
This was pervasive historically, but that it persists & getting worse in 2022 fits an American political pattern of vilifying the “Asiatics” mostly after the civil war, which led to legal discrimination, exclusion, expulsion & eventually war w/ Asian nation after Asian nation.
This was pervasive historically, but that it persists & getting worse in 2022 fits an American political pattern of vilifying the “Asiatics” mostly after the civil war, which led to legal discrimination, exclusion, expulsion & eventually war w/ Asian nation after Asian nation.
Did not know this: “I did not want to be labeled ‘the designer who survived the atomic bomb,’ &…always avoided questions about Hiroshima…But now I realize it is a subject that must be discussed if we are ever to rid the world of nuclear weapons.” Genius. washingtonpost.com/world/2022/08/…
Jeanne Nagayama Hall shares her experience as a 5th grader whose teacher ignored her mention of the Japanese American incarceration. We’re teaching teachers about this difficult history to eliminate these examples of ignorance. #NEHWhyHere
Lady Ruby and Shaye,
I know what it’s like to have the President of the United States attack me. Stay strong. We are better than him and we will prevail. Much love!
Here's Miné Okubo's barrack in the Topaz concentration camp. It's here—Block 7, Barrack 11, Room F—where Okubo made art, including thousands of drawings, many of which she included in her graphic memoir, Citizen 13660 (1946), available @UWAPress: bit.ly/3Q5oiaj
Our healthcare system has too many barriers for Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian and poor New Yorkers - New York Amsterdam News amsterdamnews.com/news/2022/05/1…
The AP Style Guide has officially announced that they're updating their terminology guidelines around Japanese American history to use the words "incarceration", "Incarcerated", and "detained" as opposed to the old terminology of "internment".
Grew up with Toshiko Takaezu ceramic pieces, not knowing this part of her story. No Monument…how to memorialize something no one wants to see…thanks @NoguchiMuseum
This site & its story of 20th Cent forced removal & mass incarceration shows earlier injustices done to other non-white peoples in the name of liberty didn't go away during or even after the global fight for freedoms. It should be preserved. Thank you @SenatorBennet.
This site & its story of 20th Cent forced removal & mass incarceration shows earlier injustices done to other non-white peoples in the name of liberty didn't go away during or even after the global fight for freedoms. It should be preserved. Thank you @SenatorBennet.
BREAKING: The Senate passed our bill to add Amache to the National Park System to help ensure we never forget our nation's shameful incarceration of Japanese Americans.
We’re a step closer to sending this bill to @POTUS & giving Amache and survivors the recognition they deserve.
252 Followers 160 FollowingAmerican Artist/Writer/Journalist - Creator of Trilogy: Yellow Bowl Project, Dissent Collar (in progress) and Buried History - The Plate Project (in blueprint)
74 Followers 630 FollowingAmbica New York is a jewelry brand based in New York city that offers a wide selection of fine and one of a kind gemstone jewelry.
1K Followers 155 FollowingJAMsj showcases a unique collection of permanent and rotating exhibits chronicling more than a century of Japanese American history. 日本語アカウント: @JAMsj_JP
723 Followers 487 FollowingCo-editor, THE LITERATURE OF JAPANESE AMERICAN INCARCERATION. Lead author, WE HEREBY REFUSE. Blogs at https://t.co/CBg93anBg1. Links: https://t.co/edsdohTdvy
709 Followers 118 FollowingThe National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS), founded in 1980, incorporated in 1981 is a non-profit membership organization.
4K Followers 962 FollowingAuthor of 50-Year Rebellion, Shifting Grounds of Race & The Next American Revolution w/GLB. President & literary executor for James & @GraceLeeBoggs Foundation.
667 Followers 658 FollowingFaculty @USC & Author of When Can We Go Back To America?: Voices of Japanese American Incarceration During World War II, available now!
545 Followers 271 FollowingJAMP reconnects the Japanese American community through digital storytelling, community healing, and educational content honoring shared history.
12.7M Followers 4K FollowingUS Congresswoman, NY-14. In a modern, moral, and wealthy society, no American should be too poor to live. People-Funded, takes no lobbyist💰. Personal account.
2K Followers 754 FollowingTsuru For Solidarity is a grassroots project of Japanese Americans working to close all U.S. concentration camps and fight against racial and state violence.
252 Followers 160 FollowingAmerican Artist/Writer/Journalist - Creator of Trilogy: Yellow Bowl Project, Dissent Collar (in progress) and Buried History - The Plate Project (in blueprint)
431 Followers 92 FollowingJACSC is a collective of organizations committed to preserving, interpreting and elevating the history of the WWII experiences of Japanese Americans.
6K Followers 901 FollowingWriter. Books include The Professor and the Madman, Krakatoa, The Perfectionists. And, published last April, and to generous reviews, KNOWING WHAT WE KNOW.
2K Followers 213 Following#ActToChange is a nonprofit standing up to bullying among youth — including Asian American, Pacific Islander, Sikh, Muslim, LGBTQ+, and immigrant youth.
30.4M Followers 958 Following2016 Democratic Nominee, SecState, Senator, hair icon. Mom, Wife, Grandma x3, lawyer, advocate, fan of walks in the woods & standing up for our democracy.
983K Followers 795 FollowingEverything you need to know about New York City, powered by the @wnyc newsroom. Get Gothamist in your inbox: https://t.co/epfAO1TjQQ
8.5M Followers 393 FollowingUnparalleled reporting and commentary on politics and culture, plus humor and cartoons, fiction and poetry. Get our Daily newsletter: https://t.co/CW0Z2jGCyB
716 Followers 609 FollowingForest ecologist. Focus on wildfire research, incl. fire/climate interactions for over 40 years
in US and Russia. Retired USFS and as EiC #IntlJWildlandfire