The following online event commemorating civil rights activist Fred Korematsu, co-sponsored by the Superior Court of California County of Santa Clara among others, is to take place tomorrow:
Almost 80 years ago, President Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 which resulted in the detention, forced removal and incarceration of approximately 120,000 men, women and children, because of their Japanese ancestry. Fred Korematsu, a young man from Northern California, fought against that injustice. Although the U.S. Supreme Court, in a decision that was later acknowledged to be “gravely wrong”, upheld his conviction in 1944, his renewed legal challenge in the 1980s was a historic milestone in the fight for justice for all Americans, regardless of race or national origin. On January 30, 2022, join us as we honor his resilience.
Notice who is on the panel: raging antisemite Zahra Billoo, who is supposedly on sabbatical following her vile antisemitic incitement at the recent AMP conference.
If that wasn’t bad enough, her employer CAIR – who defended her comments while going on the counterattack – is also one of the sponsors of this event.
How CAIR and Billoo are even allowed to have their names associated with honoring a civil rights activist is beyond me. It must be because the civil rights of Jews are not taken seriously.
Please join me in contacting the following sponsors to let them know our disgust at their choices of co-sponsor and panelist:
- Superior Court of Santa Clara County
- Asian Law Alliance
- Fred T. Korematsu Institute
- APABA Silicon Valley
- Japanese American Museum of San Jose
- Santa Clara University
And feel free to show them this:
Hat tip: Deborah
