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DESCRIPTION:9/27 at 6:30 pm in Piedmont and 10/1 at 3 pm in Oakland\n\nMembers of the 
 Trump administration have raised the specter of a Muslim registry and 
 instituted an immigration ban against people from Muslim majority 
 countries, citing the unconstitutional incarceration of Japanese Americans 
 during World War II as precedent for its actions. (Social Action Media.)  
 The Appreciating Diversity Film Series will present the powerful 2017 
 documentary "And Then They Came for Us"  - a film by Bay area filmmakers 
 Abby Ginzberg and Ken Schneider which demonstrates that the registration 
 and incarceration of Japanese American was one of the worst violations of 
 constitutional rights in American History, and features Japanese Americans 
 who survived that experience speaking out today.\n\nAs a result of 
 President Franklin Roosevelt's 1942 Executive Order 9066, approximately 
 120,000 men, women, and children of Japanese ancestry were evicted from 
 their homes son the West Coast of of the United States and held in American 
 internment camps and other confinement sites across the country.\n\nOver 
 two-thirds of the people of Japanese ethnicity that were incarcerated were 
 American citizens.  Many of the rest had lived in the country 20 to 40 
 years.  Most Japanese Americans, particularly the first generation born in 
 the United States (the nisei), considered themselves loyal to the United 
 States.  No Japanese American citizen or Japanese national residing in the 
 United States was ever found guilty of sabotage or espionage. The film 
 features interviews with George Takei and others who were incarcerated, and 
 stunning photos by Dorothea Lange and Ansel Adams. It's a moving film you 
 won't soon forget. \n\nFollowing the screening in Piedmont, there will be a 
 panel discussion features Dianne Fukami, an award-winning documentary and 
 television producer and a member of the U.S. - Japan Council, and Piedmont 
 resident Don Tamaki, who served on the pro bono legal team that reopened 
 the landmark Supreme Court case of "Korematsu v. the United 
 States".\n\nFree; no need to RSVP.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/09/14/18802934.php
SUMMARY:Diversity Film: 'And Then They Came For Us'
LOCATION:Ellen Driscoll Playhouse\n325 Highland Avenue near the corner of Oakland 
 avenue\nPiedmont, CA 94611
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/09/14/18802934.php
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