A defaced mural becomes permanent at Bellevue College
A mural on the campus of Bellevue College depicts two Japanese American children in a U.S. Government incarceration camp during World War II.
Soon after, the VP, and In 2020, a Bellevue College VP instructed someone to erase information in the accompanying artist description, that mentioned anti-Japanese agitation by influential Eastside businessman Miller Freeman. Bellevue College’s President both resigned. Now, Bellevue College is permanently rededicating the mural which was created by Seattle artist Erin Shigaki. She joins us to talk about it.
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