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80 Years Later, Preventing Another Executive Order 9066 Requires Recognizing Its Lessons

Japanese American incarceration and subsequent redress campaign offer timely lessons for U.S. public and policymakers.

Books Bans and Censored Curricula Won’t Change History – or the Racism We Still Live With

A powerful family story of incarceration under Executive Order 9066 shows how the past is very much present.
People march during a Stop Asian Hate rally in downtown Detroit, Michigan on March 27,2021, as part of a nation wide protest in solidarity against hate crimes directed towards Asian Americans in the wake of the Atlanta, Georgia spa shootings that left eight dead. They carry signs reading, “All of us vs. racism #StopAsianHate” and “Stop AAPI Hate.”

Combating Anti-Asian Violence through UN Human Rights Mechanisms

The prospect of complaints against States parties should spur more effective responses to anti-Asian attacks and other structural racial discrimination.
Barracks behind barbed wire, against bright blue sky and mountains.

80 Years After Executive Order 9066, the Supreme Court Still Shuts Its Eyes to Reality

The myth of facial neutrality ignores how racism and other prejudices shape national security policy.

Introduction to Just Security’s Series on Executive Order 9066, 80 Years After Signing

A collection of Just Security essays reflect on national security policy past and present, 80 years after Order that led to mass incarceration of Japanese Americans.
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