THREAD: Today, Feb. 19, is the anniversary of #EO9066, FDR's executive order that authorized the mass roundup and incarceration of Japanese Americans--including my family.
Across the country, Japanese Americans commemorate this as the #DayOfRemembrance. /1
Across the country, Japanese Americans commemorate this as the #DayOfRemembrance. /1
To read about how #EO9066 impacted my own family, you can read this piece that I wrote in 2017 for the Smithsonian @amhistorymuseum. /2 americanhistory.si.edu/blog/carl-take…
And to understand why the Supreme Court's 2018 repudiation of the infamous Korematsu case -- in the midst of upholding Trump's Muslim Ban -- gives me no comfort today, you can read what I wrote on that topic two years ago. /3 aclu.org/blog/immigrant…
But this #DayofRemembrance, I am not posting another detailed analysis of the constant, exhausting stream of racism and xenophobia flowing from this White House.
Three years into this administration, the historical parallels -- and the dangers -- should be obvious. /4
Three years into this administration, the historical parallels -- and the dangers -- should be obvious. /4
Instead, I'm going to sound a note of hope.
Across the country, @TsuruSolidarity is mobilizing Japanese Americans to shut down America's modern-day concentration camps.
It's a mass mobilization of our community unlike anything I've seen before. /5 tsuruforsolidarity.org
Across the country, @TsuruSolidarity is mobilizing Japanese Americans to shut down America's modern-day concentration camps.
It's a mass mobilization of our community unlike anything I've seen before. /5 tsuruforsolidarity.org
This movement is being led by former child prisoners like Satsuki Ina (see her powerful speech to @densho last year), and we're working to simultaneously assist the communities under attack and heal our own community's ongoing, intergenerational trauma. /6
I'm proud to be one of the people shepherding and growing this movement, and I am excited for what is to come.
We want to be the allies that our community needed on this day during World War II. /7
We want to be the allies that our community needed on this day during World War II. /7
Tsuru for Solidarity is holding protests and rallies around the country.
And we're planning a June 6 march to the White House that we anticipate will be the biggest gathering of Japanese Americans since World War II. /8
And we're planning a June 6 march to the White House that we anticipate will be the biggest gathering of Japanese Americans since World War II. /8
If you would like to learn more, or if you'd like to donate to support our work, please visit tsuruforsolidarity.org or come in person to one of the many events we're planning (listed at docs.google.com/document/d/1nM…) /9
