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Jul 17, 2019 · Purchase. "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 ...
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 Freedom.
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George Takei gets it harder 🏳️🌈. Japanese internment camps were terrible. Had this elderly pe teacher who was interned as a boy. At the time in school, we were also learning about the horrors of concentration camps. The juxtaposition really shifted how my adolescent brain saw the usa. Very adjacent to evil.
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Jul 4, 2014 · When he was a child, George Takei and his family were forced into an internment camp for Japanese-Americans, as a "security" measure during World War II. 70 ...
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Jun 21, 2019 · 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...
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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 ...
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Oct 16, 2020 · To this day, Takei has his father’s sculpture displayed in his L.A. home. “This is part of resilience. You can’t just be moping and wallowing in your misery, in your pain. You have a right ...
