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History is not just about the past.

It is about the present.
It is about the future.

Eighty-four years ago today, my grandparents and great grandparents were unjustly declared illegal citizens and were incarcerated by the US Government, entirely based on race.

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Whoa! Press release in my inbox that MacKenzie Scott has given a $20 million unresitricted gift to the Japanese American National Museum in LA! #scrubnothing

This L.A. Museum Is Standing Up to Trump’s Whitewashing, Vowing to ‘Scrub Nothing’ The Japanese American National Museum stands out among cultural institutions by refusing to bend to President Trump’s attacks on diversity, history and the truth.

What would a JANM exhibit or website look like without DEI? It would be blank. #ScrubNothing

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Redman Hirahara House — Japanese American Memorial Pilgrimages

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Museums Struggle to Adapt to a Fast-Shifting Landscape | Artnet News Throughout the U.S., the U.K., and Europe, museums are scrambling to adapt to a new reality, with far less public funding.

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Scrub Nothing T-shirt "JANM will scrub nothing."  That is the promise from JANM's Board Chair William T. Fujioka when asked about the pressure that organizations are under to scrub references to diversity, equity, and incl...

Made sure to renew my @jamuseum.bsky.social‬ membership and contributed extra to ongoing campaigns

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I believe these signs are up at a couple of (if not all) sites of shame. Every single site of incarceration has a history that cannot be rewritten - I will #scrubnothing.
Thank you for posting, JANM!

If you see one of these signs at a national historic park, we encourage you to go to the link provided and tell the Department of the Interior to STOP REWRITING HISTORY.

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America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places for 2025 | National Trust for Historic Preservation Now in its 38th year, the National Trust’s annual list of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places has proven to be a highly effective tool for shining a light on the threats facing our nation’s g...

They want to erase history. Let's not let them!
"The Nanka Shoten (1918) and A. Nakamura Co. (1923) buildings are the last remaining structures from the Japanese American fishing village on Terminal Island."
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Museums Sustain Unprecedented Assault in Trump's First 100 Days In the 100 days since president Donald Trump was inaugurated, he has launched an unprecedented assault on museums their funding structures.

We’re not going to change our history. #ScrubNothing

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Elon Musk Cuts Funding for Internet Archive Elon Musk's DOGE has cut finding to the American nonprofit Internet Archive, which was busy archiving websites targeted by Trump.

Alarm bells 🚨🚨 The latest effort to scrub our stories. #scrubnothing

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It's Time to Retire WWII-Era Euphemisms for Japanese American Incarceration - Densho: Japanese American Incarceration and Japanese Internment It seems like more people are talking about Japanese American history than ever before. As it’s become increasingly relevant to our country’s current political moment, the Japanese American story has....

Euphamistic language came up a few times as I was working this morning. Here's a section from Densho's website "It's time to retire WW-II era euphemisms for Japanese American incarceration."
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Full admiration for upholding your values under this regime. Forget no one!

#scrubnothing Standing with you 🙏

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Japanese American National Museum takes a stand against DOGE cuts to NEH The National Endowment for the Humanities warned museums across the country that it was slashing funding, including money previously pledged to places such as LACMA and the Japanese American National ...

"Facing pressure to scrub its website of diversity and inclusion references, a JANM leader says the museum will ‘scrub nothing."

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#HoldTheLine
#HandsOff
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#DEI

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That would make a great hashtag. #scrubnothing

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An important museum in LA. Proud of them for taking a stand. #scrubnothing

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