Stop Repeating History!

“Korematsu, Hirabayashi, and the Second Monster” by Eric L. Muller of the University of North Carolina School of Law is an article in an upcoming edition of the Texas Law Review. Abstract: In June of 2018 the Supreme Court repudiated its notorious 1944 decision in Korematsu v. United States upholding the mass removal of Japanese Americans ...

J.K. Yamamoto with the Rafu Shimpo reported on the 2019 Day of Remembrance program held February 23, 2019, at the Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute. Jon Osaki’s documentary “Alternative Facts: The Lies of Executive Order 9066” was screened, followed by a panel discussion with the Stop Repeating History campaign’s Dale Minami and others. Excerpts: Panelist ...

KALW’s Rose Aguilar spoke with Abby Ginzberg and Don Tamaki on March 13, 2019, about how the laws and policies that enabled the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II are resurfacing today. Abby is the filmmaker of “And Then They Came for Us,” in which people who were incarcerated tell their stories and speak ...

(Excerpt) Famed civil rights attorney and USC alumnus Dale Minami joined nearly 100 students for a discussion about the history of Japanese American internment and civil rights Tuesday. Minami, who notably overturned the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Korematsu v. United States, which justified the internment of approximately 110,000 Japanese Americans, was invited by professor Alison ...

Pax Christi San Diego, the local chapter of the Pax Christi national Catholic peace movement, will screen “And Then They Came for Us” on Wednesday, March 20, 2019, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. St. James Catholic Church Parish Hall, 625 S. Nardo Ave. Solana Beach, Calif. Professor Lorraine Bannai will be the special guest ...