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    Biden Declares Japanese American Internment Shameful

    President Joe Biden and California Governor Gavin Newsom condemned a 1942 executive order forcing all Japanese Americans to internment camps.

    How Do We Reckon With Our Racial Past?

    The Smithsonian's Our Shared Future: Reckoning With Our Racial Past initiative looks at how past racism informs present day inequalities.

    Japanese American Artists Pay Homage to Ancestors Incarcerated at Internment Camps

    Eighty years after the incarceration of 126,000 Japanese Americans at internment camps, Sansei Granddaughters, a group of women artists pay homage to their ancestors.

    CA Senators Ask for $5 Million to Increase Pipeline of Asian Language Teachers

    Asian Americans are the fastest growing population in CA, yet the state credentialed only 89 teachers who speak one of several Asian languages in the 2019-2020.
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    County’s Safer at Work Program Saves L.A. Small Businesses Millions

    In LA County, programs that have already saved small businesses millions during the pandemic are looking for ways to expand their outreach into underserved communities.

    Housing, Hate, and Health Top Concerns for AAPI in LA

    The agency will be translating all written materials into the 15 most-used languages in the state and adding more interpreters to its phone lines.
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    Ethnic Communities Unite to Combat Anti-Asian Violence

    In the midst of an epidemic of brutal attacks hate crimes against Asian Americans, ethnic communities are coming together to attack the virus of racism.

    Trump Effect — Mid-terms a Turning Point for Asian American Voters

    With a history of low voter engagement, Asian Americans have not been seen as an influential voting bloc. What is known as the Trump Effect appears to be changing that.

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