Local activist held a day of remembrance ahead of the the 81st anniversary of the decision to forcibly incarcerate Japanese Americans during World War II.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.Ahead of the 81st anniversary, New Yorkers on Saturday observed a day of remembrance for the thousands of Japanese Americans who were forcibly incarcerated during World War II.
“The threats to national security that were used to target our communities have been replaced by ‘securing the southern border’ and a so-called emergency response to a surge of migrants,” said Becca Asaki, an activist with the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum. “In both instances, these policies are driven by racist agendas and rhetoric.”
The comparison comes on the eve of the anniversary of the executive order signed by President Franklin Roosevelt in 1942 authorizing the forced removal of anyone deemed a “threat to national security” to internment camps spread across the country. Longtime Manhattan activist, Suki Terada Ports, recalled growing up in Morningside Heights, where her Japanese-born mother was under house arrest by the FBI during the war.
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