Liam O'Mara IV, PhDFeb 19
On #ThisDayInHistory in 1942, #FDR signed the viciously racist #ExecutiveOrder9066, leading to 120,000 #JapaneseAmericans, 2/3 of them born in the United States, being sent to #ConcentrationCamps for years. Stop calling this an #internment --- that word is for prisoners of war.
Show threadJune BlueSpruceFeb 15
@lolgop I agree! And apply maximum pressure to keep the camps from being built in the first place. Rachel Maddow is doing a great job covering those efforts all over the country, including in red states. The US is already detaining almost 60% as many people as the country did during WWIi. And we know the massive harm that did. #concentrationcamps #JapaneseAmericans #ice #resistance
ResearchBuzz: FirehoseFeb 8

Stanford University: Newly digitized papers shed light on WWII internment. “Stanford University Libraries have digitized the Kazuyuki Takahashi papers, an ‘extraordinary collection’ of letters and photographs that expand the historical record of wartime incarceration in the United States.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/08/stanford-university-newly-digitized-papers-shed-light-on-wwii-internment/
Stanford University: Newly digitized papers shed light on WWII internment

Stanford University: Newly digitized papers shed light on WWII internment. “Stanford University Libraries have digitized the Kazuyuki Takahashi papers, an ‘extraordinary collection&#821…

ResearchBuzz: Firehose
The Japan TimesFeb 1
An event was held on Friday to honor Fred Korematsu, a Japanese-American civil rights activist who fought against U.S. forced detentions during World War II. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/01/japan/japanese-american-rights-activist/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #wwii #immigration #us #japaneseamericans #internment #fredkorematsu
Event held to honor WWII-era Japanese-American rights activist

At a time of immigration raids in the U.S. participants emphasized that forced detentions like those during WWII must never be repeated.

The Japan Times
Regina KammerJan 19
Collective Agency and Resistance during Japanese American Incarceration: The Amache Silk Screen Shop documents the Silk Screen Shop (1943-45) at the Granada War Relocation Center (“Amache”) in Colorado.
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-93914-3
#JapaneseAmericans #AsianAmericanArt #Silkscreen #PrintHistory #ArtAsProtest
Collective Agency and Resistance during Japanese American Incarceration

This book provides the first history of the Silk Screen Shop (1943-45) at the Granada War Relocation Center (Amache) in Colorado

SpringerLink
Show threadsix_grandfathers_mountainDec 26

@elasticsoul
RE
#japaneseamericans

See what #Maddow #BurnOrder exposes, 6 episode audio free podcast

@wdlindsy
RE
#robertreich plan to hold 80,000 #immigrants in warehouses

#washingtonpost archive here
https://archive.md/R9FaM

Well, some are in #Democratic controlled cities like Stafford, Va., and Kansas City, Mo and they would ⭕need❓ to comply with the city’s zoning laws and building codes...

🥶we hope that slows the #MAGA warehouses opening up

@ZhiZhu
Thx 4 orig Lindsey boost

Show threadsix_grandfathers_mountainDec 25

@xs4me2
RE
#ICE plans to hold 80,000 #immigrants in warehouses

Concentration camps.... yes it CAN happen again, but if you know the history, you are stronger

Zero #JapaneseAmericans were locked up in #Hawaii Wow, didn't know that!

#Maddow tells these guys kinda fixed it, but the shit has come back

1944 they were friends
Norman Mineta and #AlanSimpson

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/injector.simplecastaudio.com/ef5826ab-74ea-41be-972d-3af3ffaaa65b/episodes/dfbe5649-b593-4602-a529-67f3d75e08d6/audio/128/default.mp3

@gwaldby
Thx 4 orig xs4me2 boost
(oh, that's kisses for me, smile)

Show threadsgt1372Dec 23

@naura

#AAPI #JapaneseAmericans #Internment #WWII #AmericanConcentrationCamps

#SilentScarsOfHealingHands

The book looks interesting but who's Paul?

six_grandfathers_mountainDec 9

@georgetakei

The US govt and Office of Naval Intelligence knew damn well the 120,000 #japaneseamericans were pro USA

And the Jpn Imperial Military did NOT trust them

But a naval intelligence officer Ken Ringle was KEPT AWAY from telling this to Karl Bendetsen

Listen to #BurnOrder #rachelmaddow
Episode1 of 6
https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/stitcher.simplecastaudio.com/a4d3618a-629a-49a3-b866-0858e58149ff/episodes/eebc4ca5-a2a2-418b-bebd-b84f7bc7d34f/audio/128/default.mp3

six_grandfathers_mountainDec 3

#japaneseamericans (including #GeorgeTakai) were in camps during #WW2 because of bigotry, fear, hatred, but the ⭕ facts behind the decision to lock them up, was covered up

The US govt and Office of Naval Intelligence knew damn well the 120,000 in the US were pro USA. And the Jpn Imperial Military did NOT trust them. This evidence was put in the Burn Bag. But in 1982, 1 document was discovered😀. Listen to #BurnOrder
#rachelmaddow
Episode1 of 6
https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/stitcher.simplecastaudio.com/a4d3618a-629a-49a3-b866-0858e58149ff/episodes/eebc4ca5-a2a2-418b-bebd-b84f7bc7d34f/audio/128/default.mp3