We Hereby Refuse
Paw'd Defiance
English - May 07, 2021 22:00 - 27 minutes - 18.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsCourses Education Society & Culture college education stem art current events diversity urban city culture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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There's a persistent myth that Japanese Americans willingly went along with the U.S. government policy during World War II. Frank Abe and Tamiko Nimura's new graphic novel "We Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration" tells the real-life stories of Japanese Americans who pushed back against forced removal and relocation. In this episode, Nimura talks about how anti-Japanese sentiment started long before Pearl Harbor was bombed. Nimura also discusses the role of the Japanese American Citizens League in directing U.S. policy as well as the little known Supreme Court case that helped close down interment camps.