Recommendation: We Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration by Frank Abe, Tamiko Nimura, Matt Sasaki and Ross Ishikawa

We Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration 

was written by Frank Abe and Tamiko Nimura and illustrated by Matt Sasaki and Ross Ishikawa.

For me, it was powerful to learn how ordinary Americans of Japanese descent resisted official Japanese-American organizations' recommendations to demonstrate loyalty to the United States, regardless of its treatment of Japanese-Americans.

I urge people to visit the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, California.

It is vital that people learn about the limits of respectability politics.

If you want to read more about these events and even teach about them in a classroom, check out the accompanying curriculum.

Think about this panel the next time your masjid or Muslim association welcomes agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigations or military recruiters. (click to enlarge). If you hear somebody say, "I'm fine with the FBI spying on me. I have nothing to hide.", then lock them in a room & read this to them until they know better.

P.S. Nauseous that U.S. Customs and Border Protection had a recruiting booth at the 2022 Islamic Society of North America Annual Convention.

Recruiting at the Islamic Society of North America annual convention 🗑️ pic.twitter.com/GVbkZUFkQJ

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