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DESCRIPTION:On March 21\, 1942\, Congress codified Executive Order 9066\, i
 ssued by President Franklin Roosevelt\, which resulted in the forced remov
 al and confinement of people of Japanese ancestry on the West Coast in Ame
 rican concentration camps. 78 years later\, the COVID-19 pandemic unleashe
 d a surge in discrimination\, bias\, and violence against Asian Americans\
 , many of whom were falsely blamed for spreading the virus.\n\nThe short f
 ilm &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://janmstore.com/products/9066-to-911-americ
 as-concentration-camps-then-and-now-plus-something-strong-within-dvd&quot; targ
 et=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;9066 to 9/11&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;\, produced by JANM&amp;rsquo\;s Wat
 ase Media Arts Center in 2004\, traces the history of discrimination again
 st people of Asian background in the United States from the World War II i
 ncarceration to the rise in Islamaphobia after 9/11. Join the film&amp;rsquo\;
 s producers and members of Penn&amp;rsquo\;s Program in Asian American Studies
  for a discussion on the past\, present\, and future of anti-Asian bias in
  America and how we can stand together for racial justice and equality for
  all.\n\n&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4k7Mn-4W40&quot; tar
 get=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Watch the film&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;\, then join us for the program on
  Wednesday\, August 12 at 4 p.m. (PDT).\n\nThis program is FREE\, but RSVP
 s are required using Eventbrite link below.\n&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.
 eventbrite.com/e/9066-to-911-the-past-present-and-future-of-anti-asian-bia
 s-in-america-tickets-115250926624?utm_term=eventpage&amp;amp\;ref=enivtefor001
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 rmalv2&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;\n&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.eventb
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 merica-tickets-115250926624?utm_term=eventpage&amp;amp\;ref=enivtefor001&amp;amp\;
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 &quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;RSVP NOW&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;\n\nPrograms like this are made pos
 sible with your support.&amp;nbsp\;&lt;a href=&quot;https://9644p.blackbaudhosting.com
 /9644p/General-Donation&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Thank you for your generosity.&lt;/a
 &gt;\n&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;\n&lt;em&gt;This event is co-sponsored by the University Task Force 
 on Support to Asian and Asian-American Students and Scholars at Penn\, Pan
 -Asian American Community House (PAACH) at Penn\, Penn Libraries\, and the
  Penn Program on Asian American Studies in partnership with JANM.&lt;/em&gt;\n&lt;e
 m&gt;&lt;/em&gt;\n&lt;em&gt;Image: Instructions to All Persons poster\, paired with Order
  41. (Gift of James V. Gatewood\, 99.243.2).&lt;/em&gt;
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SUMMARY:9066 to 9/11—The Past\, Present\, and Future of Anti-Asian Bias i
 n America
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