…1942, placed those of Japanese descent in the West Coast, two-thirds of them American citizens, into internment camps. Meanwhile, an estimated 33,000 Japanese Americans served in the military during the…
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Carl Higbie: ‘Japanese Internment Camps A Precedent For National Muslim Registry’
A prominent Trump supporter’s suggestion that Japanese internment camps are a “precedent” for a national Muslim registry has set off concern throughout the nation. Carl Higbie, a former spokesman for…
George Takei Is Producing A Graphic Novel About His Japanese Internment Experience
George Takei is producing a graphic novel about his family’s experience in Japanese internment camps during World War II. Readers will see the story through the eyes of a young…
George Takei live-streams visit to Japanese American internment camp
…he said were much bigger than the one he was forced into as a child. Takei’s family was among the thousands the U.S. government locked away in internment camps. When…
On 75th Anniversary Of Japanese Internment Order, Warnings Against Repeating History
Seventy-five years ago come Sunday, an executive order signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt sent 120,000 Japanese Americans to internment camps. Executive Order 9066, a World War II tragedy that…
DC Comics Brings ‘Bombshells United’ To Japanese American Internment
Two writers are bringing DC superheroines to the rescue — this time to Japanese American internment camps. “Bombshells United” is the follow-up to the “Bombshells” comic series, written by Marguerite…
Eugene Sun Park to Produce Film About Japanese American Internment
From top to bottom: Japanese Americans headed for Owens Valley gather around baggage car at the old Santa Fe Station; Eugene Sun Park. (Photos courtesy of Joe Mazza/Brave Lux Photography…
5 Quotes By Fred Korematsu That Remind Us To Say ‘Never Again’
Fred Korematsu was a Japanese American civil rights leader most famous for his refusal to go to the internment camps during World War II, resulting in a controversial (and still…
A Generational Threat: The Disturbing American History Of Anti-Asian Discrimination
…of World War II of over 120,000 Nikkei, two-thirds of them American-born citizens, in internment camps surrounded by barbed wire and sentry towers. In 1942, children in San Francisco’s so-called…
UCLA seeks former students who were interned during WWII
…the southern California campus when discriminatory federal orders sent them to internment camps. An estimated 200 Japanese Americans were attending UCLA at the time. On May 15, the university will…
Funnyman Derek Mio Is Experiencing A Full Circle Moment As The Breakout Star Of AMC’s ‘The Terror: Infamy’
…the island were forcibly incarcerated and sent to internment camps by the FBI—including Mio’s great-grandfather. “It’s crazy the connections I have with this project and my character,” Mio says. “There’s…
The Unforgettable Gala: The Breakout In Television Award Nominees
…for the role—as a fourth-generation Japanese American, Mio’s own ancestors survived the internment camps. Mio’s thrilling performance helps shed light onto this dark period of history, and honors all those…
Derek Mio Cast As Lead Of ‘The Terror’ Season 2
The second season of AMC’s horror anthology “The Terror,” led showrunner Alexander Woo, and executive produced by Ridley Scott, has found a leading man in Derek Mio. Set during Japanese…
Review: ‘Asian Americans’ Docu-Series Illuminates A Different Side Of American History
…of the Chinese Exclusion Act and a conspicuous glossing over of the World War II Japanese internment camps are the most Asian American students can expect to hear about the…
Speak Now: A Space for Reflections on Sa-i-gu
…but following in the footsteps of the children of internment camps and the children of Holocaust survivors, Sa-i-gu’s children must tell the world what really happened in that fiery siege…
