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notquitepetworth:
screaming-fan-girl:
repmarktakano:
Today I spoke on the House floor to honor Fred Korematsu Day and to warn my colleagues that silence and complicity in the face of discrimination is never acceptable. It was shameful in 1942 and it is shameful today. We must always uphold the American principle of liberty and justice for all.
Watch the video here.
Fuck this hurts…
Mark Takano, D, California’s 41st District. Sanei, third generation Japanese American. Public school teacher. Defeated twice during congressional elections in the 90s, outed as gay during the 1992 campaign. Elected to the recently redistricted 41st (Riverside County) in November 2012.

notquitepetworth:
screaming-fan-girl:
repmarktakano:
Today I spoke on the House floor to honor Fred Korematsu Day and to warn my colleagues that silence and complicity in the face of discrimination is never acceptable. It was shameful in 1942 and it is shameful today. We must always uphold the American principle of liberty and justice for all.
Watch the video here.
Fuck this hurts…
Mark Takano, D, California’s 41st District. Sanei, third generation Japanese American. Public school teacher. Defeated twice during congressional elections in the 90s, outed as gay during the 1992 campaign. Elected to the recently redistricted 41st (Riverside County) in November 2012.
