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Thursday, February 10, 2022
Thursday Nights: Executive Order 9066 at 80: Incarceration and Reparations Then and Now
Thursday, Feb 10
6:30 - 8:30 PM
On-site at the museum
Samsung Hall
$5 + museum admission; advance
registration is encouraged due to limited capacity.
Feb. 19 is the 80th anniversary of Executive Order 9066, which authorized the imprisonment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Join us to mark this occasion with an evening focusing on the forces that led to the incarceration, its current-day parallels, and reparations for both Japanese Americans and Black Americans.
The night begins with a screening of Jon Osaki's award-winning documentary "Alternative Facts: The Lies of Executive Order 9066," which considers the political forces and misinformation behind the incarceration and draws connections to the current scapegoating of immigrants and abuses of power. Following the screening, the filmmaker joins Sheryl Davis, executive director of the San Francisco Human Rights Commission, and Don Tamaki, an attorney for the plaintiff in Korematsu v. United States, for a discussion about the ties between the Japanese American redress campaign and the Black reparations movement. Former KPIX and KRON4 News anchor Wendy Tokuda moderates.
The evening also includes a shakuhachi (Japanese flute) performance by Masayuki Koga.
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This is a ticket to the program only. You must also purchase an admission ticket to the museum to attend this program. Entry information will be provided in your confirmation email, under the "Important Information" header. If you do not receive a confirmation email within ten minutes, please check your spam/junk folders. The email will be addressed from visit@asianart.org.