Today is the Day of Remembrance of the anniversary of Executive Order 9066 in 1942, which led to nearly 120,000 Japanese Americans (two-thirds of them U.S. citizens) being forced into camps.
-
Today is the Day of Remembrance of the anniversary of Executive Order 9066 in 1942, which led to nearly 120,000 Japanese Americans (two-thirds of them U.S. citizens) being forced into camps.
We remember not just what happened, but what it teaches us today.
#TodayInHistory #Histodons @histodons -
The shadow of racial profiling persists. A scholar of Asian American history and feminist studies sees troubling echoes between how Japanese Americans were targeted in WWII and how ICE agents now disproportionately target communities of color.
Descendants of Japanese American prisoners have restored a baseball field on the Manzanar site as a way to both celebrate the resiliency of so many of their ancestors, and to memorialize this dark period in U.S. history.
-
In the camps, internees turned to the natural world – gardens, landscapes, and outdoor work — as sources of meaning, resilience and dignity amid injustice.
Even in confinement, connection to nature became a lifeline
Japanese Americans from Hawaii (many of them community leaders and U.S. citizens) were also swept up in wartime suspicion and exclusion, a chapter often overlooked in national memory.
-
Japanese Americans from Hawaii (many of them community leaders and U.S. citizens) were also swept up in wartime suspicion and exclusion, a chapter often overlooked in national memory.
Memories of wartime incarceration shaped later U.S. responses to crises.
After 9/11, lessons from WWII informed debates over detention and surveillance, reminding us that history matters in policy.
-
Memories of wartime incarceration shaped later U.S. responses to crises.
After 9/11, lessons from WWII informed debates over detention and surveillance, reminding us that history matters in policy.
The shadow of racial profiling persists. A scholar of Asian American history and feminist studies sees troubling echoes between how Japanese Americans were targeted in WWII and how ICE agents now disproportionately target communities of color.
-
Today is the Day of Remembrance of the anniversary of Executive Order 9066 in 1942, which led to nearly 120,000 Japanese Americans (two-thirds of them U.S. citizens) being forced into camps.
We remember not just what happened, but what it teaches us today.
#TodayInHistory #Histodons @histodonsIn the camps, internees turned to the natural world – gardens, landscapes, and outdoor work — as sources of meaning, resilience and dignity amid injustice.
Even in confinement, connection to nature became a lifeline
-
Japanese Americans from Hawaii (many of them community leaders and U.S. citizens) were also swept up in wartime suspicion and exclusion, a chapter often overlooked in national memory.
@TheConversationUS Overlooked is an understatement. This was not taught in middle or high school. I only learned about it in middle school thru a book I happened to be reading.
-
R ActivityRelay shared this topic
