Dr. Rita Takahashi, a professor at our sister Cal-State Univ. So did many others, including the courageous Nisei who individually tested their rights in the courts. But they are not included in the names and inscriptions pushed through by a well organized INU-mentality cabal. Such activities added to the feeling of isolation, betrayal, and hopelessness of Nikkei in the wartime gulag. America has begun the process of coming to terms with the Vietnam War, including those who dissented and refused to fight a war they did not believe in.
Real history is messy and often uncomfortable.
They include genuine heroes and heroines who have been falsely villified or suppressed for too long by the INU-mentality that prefers masturbatory myths and nostalgia to the facts. I am attaching the resolution and a list of early signatories, an explanation of why we support this action, and a form and info on how to sign on. Another supporter, Rita Takahashi was a JACL chapter president as well as its Washington DC Representative. We just learned that the Honolulu chapter of JACL voted to sign on. This IS a straightforward public protest, in the best tradition of a truly participatory democracy, against the self-styled Nikkei oligarchs who assume that wealth and political connections can purchase and purloin their place in history.