Lessons learned from the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II are still relevant today in ongoing efforts to defend the civil liberties of ethnic and religious minorities, according to Floyd Mori, national director of the Japanese American Citizens League.
Mori, 68, made the remark at a recent gathering in New York organized by the Korean American League for Civic Action, a nonprofit community advocacy group promoting the civic participation of Asian Americans.
Born in Murray, Utah, to immigrant Japanese parents, Mori said he grew up in an "era when Asians were not welcome (in the U.S.)."