FRENCH GIRLのインスタグラム(frenchgirlorganics) - 2月20日 12時05分

On this day in 1942, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 — the legislation that led to the authorization of the forced removal of anyone with Japanese ancestry (even partial ancestry) from their homes near designated military areas and into internment camps.

As a Seattle-based company, we did not want to let this day pass without bringing attention and awareness to this painful and dark piece of our American history that heavily affected Japanese Americans on the West Coast and in our own Washington community.

After years of suffering through poor conditions at hastily-built, overcrowded camps, Japanese Americans were finally able to go home after the end of World War II — though after three years of internment, most no longer had homes or jobs to go back to. These three years of forced and unconstitutional detention in labor camps would go on to create a ripple effect of generational trauma for thousands of Japanese families.

It is unfathomable that even 79 years later, Asian Americans are still facing an epidemic of racism, prejudice, harassment, and violence on a daily basis.

We are meant to learn history so that we do not repeat it. We unfortunately still have much work to do to end racism against our fellow countrymen. We will continue to bring awareness to this day and these times in the hopes that the ugly parts of our history are not forgotten.

Info taken from a wonderful TED-Ed video — please visit the link in our bio to watch.

Photos of “Camp Harmony” internment facility in Puyallup, Washington State.

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