@georgetakei thank you for this reminder George. On this day in 1922, a prominent white supremacist, anti-“asiactic” politician from my hometown got up in Canada’s parliament for the first time and declared that he wanted Mackenzie King’s government to get moving on making a “white British Columbia”.

He was also, predictably, a huge proponent for Internment, and subsequent deportation even of prisoners born in Canada to Japanese parents. He was also an “Indian Agent”, an agent of the Canadian Government overseeing Residential schools.

I mark this day every year because we still “honour” this person with a street name. One day, hopefully we won’t… perhaps it will be the same day we stop repeating these mistakes.

My post and video about today is here: https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/@chris/114173165697918235

Take care, from Canada 🇨🇦