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Paul Watanabe: Challenging Immigrant Invisibilty
October 30, 2008
Paul Watanabe professor, political science, University of Massachusetts, Boston

Paul Watanabe talks about his family’s experience in an internment camp during World War II and suggests that one way to challenge invisibility and exclusion would be to give non-citizen immigrants the right to vote in local elections.

This lecture is part of the 2008 IDEAS Boston conference.

Culture & Identity | History | People & Places | Politics & Public Affairs
immigrant rights | Internment camp | Japanese | racism | World War II | Community Building | Family Issues | Asian American | Law & Criminal Justice | Pacific Islander | Race
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