Katy Perry executive produced a video telling the story of Haru Kuromiya, who was incarcerated by the American government during World War II. ADVERTISEMENTConfronted with an increase in hate crimes and Islamophobic rhetoric, American Muslims have been organizing, educating and speaking out. Given the haunting title, “Is History Repeating Itself?” the video draws parallels between the rhetoric that caused the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans and the fear-mongering political rhetoric that is attacking American Muslims today. During World War II, about 120,000 Japanese American citizens were forced by executive order to leave their homes and businesses and live behind barbed wires in internment camps. On March 31, 1942, Japanese Americans who lived on the West Coast were ordered to report their names in a registry, and soon after, forced to evacuate their homes.

Source: Huffington Post January 13, 2017 21:20 UTC