Since the discussion about euphemistic language used to describe America’s concentration camps where over 110,000 Japanese Americans were unjustly imprisoned during World War II has been gaining momentum lately, here is an article by scholar Roger Daniels, Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Cincinnati. Read the rest of this entry »
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Words Do Matter: A Note on Inappropriate Terminology and the Incarceration of the Japanese Americans
November 9, 2009 — Gann MatsudaThe Power Of Words
November 9, 2009 — Gann Matsuda
Over the last year or so, the issue of the use of euphemistic language to describe America’s concentration camps where over 110,000 Japanese Americans were unjustly imprisoned during World War II has been the topic of considerable discussion. Read the rest of this entry »
Los Angeles Times Features Exhibit on Santa Anita Assembly Center
November 9, 2009 — Gann Matsuda
Santa Anita Park during its days as an Assembly Center where Japanese Americans were temporarily imprisoned before being shipped off to permanent American concentration camps during World War II.
Photo courtesy Bancroft Library via CALISPHERE
In their Sunday, November 8, 2009 edition, the Los Angeles Times published a story about an exhibit at the The Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum about the assembly center at Santa Anita race track where about 19,000 people of Japanese ancestry, the vast majority native-born American citizens, were temporarily imprisoned before they were moved to more permanent concentration camps located in the most desolate parts of the United States.
The exhibit, titled Only What We Could Carry: The Santa Anita Assembly Center, opens on November 10 and runs through January 16, 2009. Read the rest of this entry »
Report On 2009 Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program Published
November 5, 2009 — Gann Matsuda
The National Park Service (NPS) has published a Report on Fiscal Year 2009 Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program Awards. Read the rest of this entry »
Manzanar National Historic Site Volunteer Spotlight: Cathy Erickson
October 31, 2009 — Gann Matsuda
Editor’s Note: The following is the second edition of a (hopefully) monthly article written by the staff of the Manzanar National Historic Site. Your feedback on their work would be deeply appreciated! Please leave a comment by clicking on the Comments link at the bottom of the story.
by Mandy Harmon, Park Guide
Imagine hundreds of pieces of fabric in shapes, sizes, colors, and patterns sitting next to a sewing machine. You may not immediately see a connection between the swatches and the incarceration of 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry from the West Coast of the United States during World War II, but meeting Cathy Erickson and seeing her quilts could change your mind. Read the rest of this entry »
Japanese Latin American Commission Bill Passes House Judiciary Committee
October 22, 2009 — Gann Matsuda
The following is a press release from Campaign For Justice – Los Angeles.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 22, 2009
Contact: Christine Oh
(213) 500-9346
info@campaignforjusticejla.org
LOS ANGELES — On October 21, a bipartisan majority of members of the House Judiciary Committee voted to favorably report the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Latin Americans of Japanese Descent Act (H.R. 42). Now that the legislation passed the full Committee, it is ready for passage in the House of Representatives. Read the rest of this entry »
Video: Interview With Former Manzanar Committee Chair, Sue Kunitomi Embrey – Parts 10-11
October 19, 2009 — Gann Matsuda
In the final segments of a 1997 interview featuring former Manzanar Committee chair and one of the founders of the Manzanar Pilgrimage, Sue Kunitomi Embrey, discusses the contributions of the various organizations involved in the redress movement, along with her thoughts on the legacy of the redress struggle. Read the rest of this entry »
Video: Interview With Former Manzanar Committee Chair, Sue Kunitomi Embrey – Parts 7-9
October 19, 2009 — Gann Matsuda
Parts 7-9 of a 1997 interview featuring former Manzanar Committee chair and one of the founders of the Manzanar Pilgrimage, Sue Kunitomi Embrey, delves into her work with the Manzanar Committee and their contributions to the redress movement, along with the contributions of other organizations to the fight for redress. Read the rest of this entry »
Video: Interview With Former Manzanar Committee Chair, Sue Kunitomi Embrey – Parts 4-6
October 19, 2009 — Gann Matsuda
In parts 4-6 of a 1997 interview, former Manzanar Committee chair and one of the founders of the Manzanar Pilgrimage, Sue Kunitomi Embrey, talks about her experiences after leaving Manzanar for the Midwest, her return to Los Angeles after World War II, and her early days as an activist. Read the rest of this entry »
Video: Interview With Former Manzanar Committee Chair, Sue Kunitomi Embrey – Parts 1-3
October 19, 2009 — Gann Matsuda
Back in September, 1997, former Manzanar Committee chair and one of the founders of the Manzanar Pilgrimage, Sue Kunitomi Embrey, was interviewed during the Voices of Japanese American Redress Conference, which was sponsored by the UCLA Asian American Studies Center and the UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research. Read the rest of this entry »
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