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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/rss2full.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><rss xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" version="2.0"><channel><title>American Buddhist Perspective</title> <link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/americanbuddhist</link> <description /> <lastBuildDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:39:28 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3</generator> <atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/patheos/AmBuddhist" /><feedburner:info xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" uri="patheos/ambuddhist" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><feedburner:emailServiceId xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0">patheos/AmBuddhist</feedburner:emailServiceId><feedburner:feedburnerHostname xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0">http://feedburner.google.com</feedburner:feedburnerHostname><item><title>Happy Korematsu Day – and a nod to Kant</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/americanbuddhist/2012/01/happy-korematsu-day-and-a-nod-to-kant.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/americanbuddhist/2012/01/happy-korematsu-day-and-a-nod-to-kant.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:36:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Justin Whitaker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Academia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kant]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Western Philosophy]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/americanbuddhist/?p=1074</guid> <description><![CDATA[California marks its second Fred Korematsu Day today, January 30, 2012. 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The project will be funded and the movie completed! 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