White Riot by Henry Tsang

Author:Henry Tsang
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press

The problem of the term “Japantown,” then, is both straightforward and complicated. The name proposes a kind of Japanese Canadian commemoration that lays the groundwork for further violence in the neighbourhood: it commemorates Japanese Canadian presence and facilitates other people’s absence. In Vancouver, should we continue to use the name “Japantown,” we would be complicit in yet another iteration of violent displacement in the very place from which we were once forcibly removed. Saying Powell Street and not “Japantown” reflects our refusal to take part in that displacement and our commitment to reckoning with the consequences of our community’s history-telling.

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