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You know, I grew up in two American internment camps, and at that time I was very young. George Takei As my audience grew more diverse, I started interjecting social justice advocacy and commentaries about LGBT equality, and it just kept growing more.
Apr 19, 2024 · George Hosato Takei (1937–) George Hosato Takei gained international fame as Lieutenant Sulu in the original Star Trek television series and six movies. When he was a boy, he and his family were held in the War Relocation Authority Camp in Rohwer (Desha County). George Takei was born on April 20, 1937, in Los Angeles, California.
George Takei on World War II internment camps. Help. 2min. From a 2013 "Sunday Morning" interview, actor and activist George Takei revisited the site of the Rohwer, Arkansas internment camp where, at age five, he and his family were relocated with other Japanese-Americans at the start of World War II. Air Date: Jun 21, 2019.
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Apr 28, 2017 · George Takei: Internment, America’s Great Mistake. Every year since the late 1960s, on the last Saturday in April, there has been a pilgrimage to a place called Manzanar in California, where one ...
George Takei. Actor: Star Trek. George Takei was born Hosato Takei in Los Angeles, California. His mother was born in Sacramento to Japanese parents & his father was born in Japan. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, he & his family were relocated from Los Angeles to the Rohwer Relocation Center in Arkansas. Later, they were moved to a camp at Tule Lake in Northern California. His first-hand ...
Feb 28, 2014 · GEORGE TAKEI: Los Angeles. AMY GOODMAN: And yet, at the age of eight, you were interned? GEORGE TAKEI: No, at the age of five. AMY GOODMAN: At the age of five. GEORGE TAKEI: We came out when I was ...
Jun 18, 2024 · In an exclusive interview, renowned actor and activist, George Takei shared his experiences with intersectional racism, growing up as both an ethnic and sexual minority in America. From his upbringing, scarred by the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, to a closeted young man pursuing a career in acting, and now a legendary actor and gay rights activist, Takei recounted his ...
