#ScrubNothing
April 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Euphamistic language came up a few times as I was working this morning. Here's a section from Densho's website "It's time to retire WW-II era euphemisms for Japanese American incarceration."
#scrubnothing

densho.org/catalyst/tim....
It's Time to Retire WWII-Era Euphemisms for Japanese American Incarceration - Densho: Japanese American Incarceration and Japanese Internment
It seems like more people are talking about Japanese American history than ever before. As it’s become increasingly relevant to our country’s current political moment, the Japanese American story has....
densho.org
April 16, 2025 at 2:55 PM
#scrubnothing Standing with you 🙏
April 11, 2025 at 2:49 AM
April 6, 2025 at 11:48 AM
An important museum in LA. Proud of them for taking a stand. #scrubnothing
April 6, 2025 at 11:57 AM
April 6, 2025 at 12:26 PM
They want to erase history. Let's not let them!
"The Nanka Shoten (1918) and A. Nakamura Co. (1923) buildings are the last remaining structures from the Japanese American fishing village on Terminal Island."
savingplaces.org/stories/11-m...
#scrubnothing
America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places for 2025 | National Trust for Historic Preservation
Now in its 38th year, the National Trust’s annual list of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places has proven to be a highly effective tool for shining a light on the threats facing our nation’s g...
savingplaces.org
May 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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April 13, 2025 at 1:24 AM
"Facing pressure to scrub its website of diversity and inclusion references, a JANM leader says the museum will ‘scrub nothing."

#ScrubNothing
#HoldTheLine
#HandsOff
#ED&I
#DEI

www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Japanese American National Museum takes a stand against DOGE cuts to NEH
The National Endowment for the Humanities warned museums across the country that it was slashing funding, including money previously pledged to places such as LACMA and the Japanese American National ...
www.latimes.com
April 6, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Alarm bells 🚨🚨 The latest effort to scrub our stories. #scrubnothing

futurism.com/elon-musk-cu...
Elon Musk Cuts Funding for Internet Archive
Elon Musk's DOGE has cut finding to the American nonprofit Internet Archive, which was busy archiving websites targeted by Trump.
futurism.com
April 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
👊🇯🇵🇺🇸🔥
#ScrubNothing
Can we get more of this? “The Japanese American National Museum will ‘scrub nothing,’ Fujioka said, and instead will highlight the importance of DEI.

“Our community is based on diversity, equity is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, and inclusion is what we believe in,” Fujioka said.
Japanese American National Museum takes a stand against DOGE cuts to NEH
The National Endowment for the Humanities warned museums across the country that it was slashing funding, including money previously pledged to places such as LACMA and the Japanese American National ...
www.latimes.com
April 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM
April 14, 2025 at 2:07 AM
#scrubnothing
Full admiration for upholding your values under this regime. Forget no one!
April 11, 2025 at 2:57 AM
If you see one of these signs at a national historic park, we encourage you to go to the link provided and tell the Department of the Interior to STOP REWRITING HISTORY.

#ScrubNothing
June 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
That would make a great hashtag. #scrubnothing
April 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM
April 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
April 6, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I believe these signs are up at a couple of (if not all) sites of shame. Every single site of incarceration has a history that cannot be rewritten - I will #scrubnothing.
Thank you for posting, JANM!
June 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM
April 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Can we get more of this? “The Japanese American National Museum will ‘scrub nothing,’ Fujioka said, and instead will highlight the importance of DEI.

“Our community is based on diversity, equity is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, and inclusion is what we believe in,” Fujioka said.
Japanese American National Museum takes a stand against DOGE cuts to NEH
The National Endowment for the Humanities warned museums across the country that it was slashing funding, including money previously pledged to places such as LACMA and the Japanese American National ...
www.latimes.com
April 7, 2025 at 1:51 AM