ADDRESSING YELLOWFACE One JACL Chapter’S Candid Discussions Yield a Successful Compromise
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THE NATIONAL NEWSPAPER OF THE JACL Oct. 21-Nov. 3, 2016 » PAGE 5 ADDRESSING YELLOWFACE One JACL chapter’s candid discussions yield a successful compromise. #3287 / VOL. 163, No. 8 ISSN: 0030-8579 WWW.PACIFICCITIZEN.ORG 2 Oct. 21-Nov. 3, 2016 LETTER/SPRING CAMPAIGN HOW TO REACH US LETTER TO THE EDITOR led by the presidents of the University of Email: pc@pacifi ccitizen.org Online: www.pacifi ccitizen.org Chicago and Brown University. There are no Tel: (213) 620-1767 Dear Editor, #BLM makes a person Martin Luther King. “safe spaces” in the real world. Fax: (213) 620-1768 MLK practiced and preached nonviolence I have not left JACL, but with the direction Mail: 123 Ellison S. Onizuka St., For the last six years, I have had the honor and would utterly reject the actions and rhet- it is now heading, JACL has certainly left Suite 313 and privilege to lead the NCWNP District oric of #BLM. MLK also believed in judg- me. 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