Event Details
Date & Time
Thursday, Apr 04, 2019 12:15 PM - 1:50 PM
Event Link
Cost
FREE and open to the public, No cost or registration required for all Thursday conference sessions, made possible by a generous contribution from Raymond Reyes, Ph.D., Gonzaga University Chief Diversity Officer.
Location
John J Hemmingson Center Auditorium
Contact/Registration
Kristine Hoover
509-313-3665
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About This Event
Shown as part of the 5th International Conference on Hate Studies, Building Peace through Kindness Dialogue and Forgiveness, during WWII, almost the entire population of Japanese-Americans on the West Coast were forcibly removed from their homes by the US government and incarcerated. Their only crime was looking like the enemy. Of the 120,000 imprisoned, two-thirds were American citizens; most were women and children. It has been called “our worst wartime mistake.” KSPS Public Television documentary Injustice at Home: Looking Like the Enemy features the inspiring stories of people in our community, focusing on Japanese Americans during WWII, both inside and outside the evacuation zone; chronicling their struggles, experiences, and perseverance through discrimination, racism and injustice.
Teachers will discuss free open educational resources developed for this documentary, focusing on the questions of "What choices and decisions do societies face in times of war?" "What drives some individuals to stand against oppression?" To learn more about this event please click here.