Kurima is a fourth-generation Japanese American. His parents and their families were incarcerated in Jerome, Arkansas, and Rohwer, Arkansas, during World War II. He lives in Carlsbad.
People readily recognize the names of our nation’s most important civil rights leaders, lofty names such as Malcolm X and Cesar Chavez, Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. But do you also know the name Fred Korematsu?
I embarrassingly admit my own ignorance before moving to San Diego in 2011, and I place blame on being born and raised in South Dallas and spending 16 years of my life in Germany and Japan. But I know now why California celebrates this quiet, courageous man who took a stand against injustice and prevailed 40 years later. And you should know him, too.
Violence against elderly Asian Americans in the Bay Area is skyrocketing
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Asian Americans across the Bay Area are concerned over a rising number of violent anti-Asian attacks.Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
In March, when much of the nation shut down in response to the coronavirus landing on American shores, the Anti-Defamation League estimated that there were at least 57 instances of anti-Asian harassment and violence nationwide.
And in recent weeks, the string of violence and anti-Asian sentiment has reached another breaking point one that has disproportionately targeted vulnerable Asian seniors in the Bay Area.
A fatal attack on an 84-year-old Thai man in San Francisco. A violent attack of an 91-year-old man in Oakland’s Chinatown. An attack and robbery of a 64-year-old Vietnamese woman in San Jose. Another one, targeting a man at a San Leandro bank. Graffiti outside of a Chinese school in San Francisco. That s just in the span of two weeks.
Violence against elderly Asian Americans in the Bay Area is skyrocketing
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Asian Americans across the Bay Area are concerned over a rising number of violent anti-Asian attacks.Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
In March, when much of the nation shut down in response to the coronavirus landing on American shores, the Anti-Defamation League estimated that there were at least 57 instances of anti-Asian harassment and violence nationwide.
And in recent weeks, the string of violence and anti-Asian sentiment has reached another breaking point one that has disproportionately targeted vulnerable Asian seniors in the Bay Area.
A fatal attack on an 84-year-old Thai man in San Francisco. A violent attack of an 91-year-old man in Oakland’s Chinatown. An attack and robbery of a 64-year-old Vietnamese woman in San Jose. Another one, targeting a man at a San Leandro bank. Graffiti outside of a Chinese school in San Francisco. That s just in the span of two weeks.
Bay Area political events: Alice Walker, Condoleezza Rice
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Upcoming political events in the Bay Area. Events take place online unless otherwise noted:
MONDAY
Alice Walker: Writer and activist reflects on freedom, Black feminism/womanism and writing in community. Hosted by UC Berkeley Department of African American Studies. Noon. More information is here.
TUESDAY
‘Kamala’s Way’: Journalist Dan Morain on his new biography of Vice President Kamala Harris. Hosted by the Commonwealth Club. 10 a.m. More information is here.
WEDNESDAY
Condoleezza Rice: A conversation with the former secretary of state, hosted by the Commonwealth Club. Noon. More information is here.
Bay Area political events: Fighting disinformation, headwaters forest health
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Upcoming political events in the Bay Area. Events take place online unless otherwise noted:
WEDNESDAY
Faces of resistance: A discussion of members of the Black community in San Francisco who have resisted discrimination from Sutro Baths to the Presidio. Hosted by the San Francisco Public Library and Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Noon. More information is here.
‘The Purpose of Power’ book club: Akonadi Foundation president and civil rights advocate Lateefah Simon discusses Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza’s “The Purpose of Power.” Hosted by Manny’s. 5 p.m. More information is here.