Alice Yang
Professor of History and Critical Race and Ethnic Studies
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Alice Yang is a professor in the History Department and the Critical Race and Ethnic Studies Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She also Co-Directs the Center for the Study of Pacific War Memories.
The Alien Enemies Act, Japanese Americans During World War II, and Contemporary Resistance
Immediately after the attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt claimed the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 authorized government round-ups of Japanese immigrants without a declaration of war, warrants, or formal charges. Assuming without evidence or trials that all Japanese Americans were spies and saboteurs, officials then ordered the mass removal and incarceration of more than 126,000 Japanese Americans. We examine the impact of the Alien Enemies Act on Japanese Americans during World War II; Donald Trump’s unconstitutional invocation of the act to arrest, detain, and deport Latinx migrants and other people of color; and recent protests by Japanese American incarcerees and their descendants against Trump’s illegal, xenophobic and racist application of the Alien Enemies Act.
Asian and Asian American Public History Projects Grapple with Difficult Pasts
Our panel examines how the Okinawa Memories Initiative, Reckoning with Redress, and Watsonville is in the Heart public history projects amplify the voices of marginalized groups and negotiate the ethics and processes of conducting public histories with vulnerable groups. The projects address the legacy of the Battle of Okinawa, the US Occupation of the Ryukyus, the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans, and Filipino American settler-migration and labor experiences in the Pajaro Valley. We will discuss strategies for building and sustaining collaborative public history projects alongside diasporic Okinawan, Japanese American, and Filipino American communities that engage students in community-based experiential learning.
Alice Yang
Professor of History and Critical Race and Ethnic Studies
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