This years guest speaker will be ASA Director Darrell Miho.

Minoru Yasui and Mitsuye Endo Tsutsumi — challenged this incarceration in court.and CAPAC Executive Member Rep.

This imprisonment was based solely on their Japanese ancestry and in a presidential proclamation has been called one of the most shameful chapters in our nations history.Mitsuye Endo Tsutsumi lived in Chicago for the rest of her life and died of cancer on April 14.Mitsuye Endo Tsutsumi should no longer be overlooked.

was the only case brought by a woman.All three men have received the Presidential Medal of Freedom; the last was bestowed on Minoru Yasui in 2015.

and nearly everything they owned and incarcerated them in some of the most desolate locations in the western United States.

were all men who lost their cases at the U.” The subtext suggests that Asian Americans are all the same and that other minority communities of color are not models.

Matsunaga demeans Nisei and Sansei women both by perpetuating gendered stereotypes and criticizing Sansei women for their strength.workers behind the scenes or assertive leaders.

Matsunaga states that the hard work of Nisei women paved the way for Japanese Americans to be deemed “the model minority.Matsunagas above statement shows clearly the danger of conflating outward behaviors with the quality of person.