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VIDEO: YWCA and the Forced Relocation and Incarceration of Japanese Americans

  • 1.  VIDEO: YWCA and the Forced Relocation and Incarceration of Japanese Americans

    Posted May 06, 2021 16:54
    The United States forcibly removed and incarcerated about 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II. Social workers were part of every aspect of this program of racial profiling en masse, yet also worked to provide services to these people during their incarceration.
    Yoosun Park, PhD, MSW, discusses her scholarship on this topic with Dr. Tanya Smith Brice, CSWE vice president of education. May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and CSWE is eager to present this Critical Conversation this month.
    Watch the video here or click the image below and share your thoughts here in CSWE Spark.

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