Liam O'Mara IV, PhD1d ago
Threatened by the success of #JapaneseAmerican farmers, #California enacted the #AlienLandLaw in 1913 on #ThisDayInHistory, barring #AsianAmericans, even citizens, from owning or leasing land. People often forget CA has a history of #racism & #segregation equaling the Deep South.
Show threadFanua 🌐6d ago

⁨⁨#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
⁨https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGIUSm3xu-4⁩

Hiroshima - Topic

2K likes, 12 comments. "Roomful of Mirrors"

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PugJesusApr 19

Elementary school children in a detention camp for Japanese-Americans, California, USA, WW2, 1942

https://piefed.social/c/historyphotos/p/1994440/elementary-school-children-in-a-detention-camp-for-japanese-americans-california-usa-ww

Buddhistdoor Global (BDG)Mar 10

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

Show threadFaraiweFeb 23

@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 Global (BDG)Feb 10

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

K-ZO da SnowmanJan 28

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

#USPol #ConcentrationCamp #JapaneseAmerican

Rights Groups Oppose President Biden's Expansion of 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.

Human Rights Watch
*_jߍyropeJan 24
An interesting personality, it seems: Shoji Yamasaki. #^https://www.shojiyamasaki.com/about working at the intersections of #dance, performance, choreography, direction, #film making...
His ongoing project series called LITTERED MVMNTS, where split-screen video of various pieces of litter dancing in the wind are paired with himself, mimicking the costume and the movements of that litter, seems to go viral on commercial social media atm: #^https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeWFZV1FWFs
Someone pull him off Threads into using Mastodon, oh please...

#JapaneseAmerican #ShojiYamasaki #dance #choreography @Contemporary Arts Group

PugJesusJan 17

Frank Matsura, Japanese-American immigrant, son of a samurai family, and American Frontier photographer, USA, ~1901

https://piefed.social/c/historyphotos/p/1673518/frank-matsura-japanese-american-immigrant-son-of-a-samurai-family-and-american-frontier

EngagedPureLandJan 7

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.

#queer #lgbtq #nikkei #japaneseamerican #pflag