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   Jul 17, 2019 · "Shame is a cruel thing," writes George Takei in They Called Us Enemy, his new graphic novel about his childhood years in an American concentration camp during World War II. "It should...

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3. www.amazon.com › They-Called-Enemy-George-Takei › dpAmazon.com: They Called Us Enemy: 9781603094504: Takei ...

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   Jul 16, 2019 · A stunning graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei's childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps during World War II. Experience the forces that shaped an American icon -- and America itself -- in this gripping tale of courage, country, loyalty, and love.

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   • Author: George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, Harmony Becker

   • Price: $13.12
   • Brand: Top Shelf Productions

4. www.npr.org › 2024/04/20 › 1245844347'My Lost Freedom': George Takei shares his internment ... - NPR

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   Apr 20, 2024 · When actor George Takei was 4 years old, he was labeled an "enemy" by the U.S. government and sent to a string of incarceration camps. His new children's book about that time is My Lost...

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6. www.goodreads.com › book › showThey Called Us Enemy by George Takei | Goodreads

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   Jul 16, 2019 · George Takei presents his childhood experiences living in an internment camp for Japanese-Americans during World War II in this graphic novel. He also talks about how those experiences influenced his activism later in life.

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   They Called Us Enemy is a 2019 graphic novel that is a collaboration by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, and Harmony Becker. It is about his experiences during the internment of Japanese Americans in World War II. It is published by Top Shelf Productions .

8. www.latimes.com › entertainment-arts › booksGeorge Takei's graphic memoir, "They Called Us Enemy," tells ...

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   Aug 22, 2019 · George Takei is on a mission to teach the lessons of internment in the era of Trump. Actor George Takei has told the story of his childhood incarceration in an autobiography, a TED talk...

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   How did Takei and Lee meet?

   • So Takei took Lee to the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, where he is a member of the board. They had lunch in Little Tokyo, got to know each other, met with the educational director, and looked at the exhibits. Then Lee started digging into the archives.

   George Takei 'Lost Freedom' some 80 years ago - NPR

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   How did George Takei shape America?

   • Experience the forces that shaped an American icon -- and America itself. Long before George Takei braved new frontiers in Star Trek, he woke up as a four-year-old boy to find his own birth country at war with his father's -- and their entire family forced from their home into an uncertain future.

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   What does Takei's parents do at a camp?

   • At one camp, another boy tells him the barbed wire is there to keep dinosaurs out. For Takei's parents, meanwhile, it's a constant struggle to maintain a sense of order and humanity. Takei's father helps other families settle in and serves as a translator and mediator, while Takei's mother sews clothes and makes curtains and rugs.

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   What makes Takei a good story?

   • The very structure of Takei's narrative underlines this fact more than a political speech ever could. It's young George's point of view that shapes the story, imbuing it with childlike energy.

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   What did Takei do with old rags?

   • "She gathered rags and tore them up into strips and braided them into rugs so that we would be stepping on something warm," Takei remembers. She found army surplus fabrics and sewed curtains for the windows. She took plant branches that had fallen off the nearby trees and made decorative sculptures.

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10. www.latimes.com › entertainment-arts › booksDiscussion guide to ‘They Called Us Enemy’ by George Takei

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    Sep 25, 2019 · With a new graphic memoir, “They Called Us Enemy,” he wants to reach a generation that may know little of how 120,000 Japanese Americans were imprisoned in internment camps during World...