For those of you who don’t know, or need a refresher, Japanese Americans residing on the West Coast of the United States were relocated into these “War Relocation Camps” shortly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Simply because of their ethnic background.
Was that fair? No. Neither is SB 1070. According to David K. Song, Adjunct Professor in the Asian American Studies Department at California State University, Northridge, on behalf of the National Korean American Service & Education Consortium via Angry Asian Man:
“…I heard former Congressman J. D. Hayworth of Arizona on air, commenting that racial profiling was not an issue with SB 1070. Hayworth said that the whole Mexican immigrant thing was more a byproduct of geographic happenstance. Mexicans would not be singled out. As a matter of fact, he asserted that Arizona has also been dealing with "large numbers of Chinese illegals... and perhaps most disturbingly... any number of illegals from the Middle East." Hayworth might as well have said that anyone who looks remotely "foreign" will be fair game for interrogation…” [bold phrases were made by me]
Scary, isn’t it?
So Cuentame is calling out for everyone to ask the question “Do I look ‘illegal’?” during the first week of May. They are asking that you post the question as your status or Tweet it to discuss what “illegal” looks like exactly. Lastly, they ask that you wear shirts/buttons/signs asking the same question, take pictures of you sporting them, and send it to Governor Jan Brewer of Arizona (1700 West Washington, Phoenix, AZ 85007) or post it on their Facebook page (www.facebook.com/cuentame)
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