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DESCRIPTION:<span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; font-family: Arial \, Helvetic
 a \, sans-serif\; color: #333333\;">Please  join the Santa Clara Valley ch
 apter of the American Civil Liberties  Union (ACLU) and the San Jose Japan
 ese American (JA) community at a  panel discussion regarding civil liberti
 es.&nbsp\;  It is  especially important to discuss these issues because of
  the recent  escalation of xenophobia and of anti-Muslim rhetoric in the w
 ake of the  attacks on Paris.&nbsp\;  The debate over Syrian refugees\, as
  well  as the mass shooting in San Bernardino\, have also added to the  at
 mosphere of heightened tensions. \n \n The panel  discussion includes the 
 Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)  chapters from San Jose\, Silicon
  Valley\, and Sequoia\; Asian Law Alliance\;  Nihonmachi Outreach Committe
 e\; and the Santa Clara Valley chapter of  the ACLU. \n \n As highlighted 
 in the national debate\, JAs  have found that the WWII exclusion and incar
 ceration have become a  touchstone for both good and evil.&nbsp\;  For exa
 mple\, Jay  Inslee\, governor of Washington\, will not close doors to refu
 gees because  of the terrible experience that his state witnessed when JAs
  were  forcibly removed from Bainbridge Island. On the flip side\, the may
 or of  Roanoke\, Virginia\, has cited the exclusion and incarceration of J
 As to  be the model for how to look at Syrian refugees. Similarly\, Donald
  Trump  has proposed a mandatory registration of Muslims in the United Sta
 tes. We would like to make sure that our community\, having experienced th
 e  WWII internment\, makes it clear that we oppose the scapegoating and ha
 te  mongering that now threaten more thoughtful discourse.<span style="fon
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 \;">&nbsp\; &nbsp\;\n<span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; line-height: 115.0%\
 ; font-family: Arial \, sans-serif\;">Cost: There is no cost for this even
 t.  
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SUMMARY: Stand Up Against Scapegoating and Hate Mongering!
URL:/en/events/2016/01/12/stand-up-against-scapegoating-and-hate-mongering/
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