#TuneTuesday #MirrorsAndReflections
Roomful of Mirrors - Hiroshima
Arranger, Composer, Lyricist: Dan Kuramoto
In a roomful of mirrors
We can pretend who we can be
A dancer in a top hat
Or a captain of the sea
We could make funny faces
But we're not just what you see
There's a lot inside us
We hope to grow and be
I just want to be
Myself for everyone to see
#Jazz #ElectricKoto #JapaneseAmerican #AAPI
Roomful of Mirrors · Hiroshima
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Elementary school children in a detention camp for Japanese-Americans, California, USA, WW2, 1942
BDG News: Buddhist Church of Sacramento Vandalized with Racist Graffiti
🔗 Read more: https://tinyurl.com/yy95j7jp
#Buddhism #Sacramento #JapaneseAmerican #Racism #California #BuddhistChurch #Resilience #vandalism #Graffiti
@AdventuresofRangerSarah They should have preserved it.
So that we may never forget that, what IS HAPPENING already DID happen, and that the social cancer of nazi-fascism is never too far.
#TurdReich #AmacheIncarceration #ConcentrationCamps #JapaneseAmerican #USPol
Buddhistdoor News: Pasadena Buddhist Temple Commissions Fire-Displaced Artist to Lead Community Healing Mural
🔗 Read more: https://tinyurl.com/yru4nfmf
#Buddhism #California #BuddhistArt #BuddhistTemple #Compassion #EngagedBuddhism #JapaneseAmerican #Pasadena #Healing
I saw the George Takei trending post. I agree with the Nikkei legend, concentration camps break my heart too.
I also want to point out Biden continued Trump's policies of jailing children, just so we can be crystal clear about how we got to this point.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/04/25/rights-groups-oppose-president-bidens-expansion-ice-detention
After President Biden signed a 2024 spending bill that provides $3.4 billion for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to jail 41,500 immigrants per day, 200 NGOs delivered a letter to the White House today opposing this unprecedented expansion of the immigration detention system.
Frank Matsura, Japanese-American immigrant, son of a samurai family, and American Frontier photographer, USA, ~1901
Marsha Aizumi, a giant in LGBTQ+ Nikkei circles, has passed. Marsha was the force behind the founding of Okaeri, the first conference for queer Japanese Americans. Okaeri led to groups, books, and many new resources. The positive impact on Christian, Buddhist, and other groups has been immense.