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- George Takei’s “They Called Us Enemy” is a powerfully crafted graphic novel about finding strength in pain - using the clear language and expressive, comic-book style drawings of a children’s book to tell a very adult story. In response to the deadly strike on Pearl Harbor in 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 - systemically stripping Japanese-Americans of their civil rights, their homes, their property, and their dignity. 120,000 Japanese Americans, including the Takei family, were forced into barbed wire-lined concentration camps across the nation simply for having Japanese heritage. The book moves effortlessly between the naivete of a young boy in the internment camps and the more complex and darker reflections of older Takei today. While “They Called Us Enemy” is a poignant memoir and commemoration of this brutal time in America’s not-so-distant past -- it also honors heritage, community, and family.
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this is exactly why teaching the history of USA is critical. The book bans are fascist and we must stand up and speak out.
Says the groomer
Fascism requires ignorant voters to fall for it, hence book banning things like 1984 and animal farm and true history.
These people saying groomer are the low information people fascism needs who will volunteer to victimize themselves and others.
@@marklasky3555 Say the racist faCIST
America will never teach its own history, if it does, it'll destroy itself.
@@marklasky3555 says the fascist
It's like he's being discriminated upon twice. When he was interned and now his book being banned. He's such a wonderful human. So intelligent and thoughtful. ❤
What better way to get your book read than when it gets banned? It just becomes of more viral interest to the curious.🌹🌹
@@LindaCasey I don’t want to read it🤣🤣🤣
@Frank Roque I guess you are too busy staring at your |\| A Z | flag. Maybe you shouldn't use pictures of yourself in front of a loser enemy's flag.
@@frankroque7597 Illiterate boy?
@@frankroque7597
No worries :-)
Some day you will grow up and lose your fear of being challenged.
I had no knowledge of there ever being internment camps in America until befriending the elderly Japanese manager of the apartment I moved into when starting college at the University of Hawaii. She had been a toddler when the government took her family’s property and placed them in in the camps.
I’d never heard of any of the other atrocities that took place in the United States, such as the bombing of Black Wall Street in Tulsa. I hadn’t even heard the word, Juneteenth.
I consider myself to have received a good public education, until it came to the history of our own country. It’s saddening to think of how much history students won’t have the chance of ever learning.
You didn't know?! Wow?!
Maybe because I grew up around Washington DC there was always political discourse going on in my little circle. Plus we had a "cool" Civics teacher, and our high school was on a military base. Anyway... ya gotta keep up.
Get with the program! 😅
@@stefanschleps8758 I'm with Zach and I'm willing to bet that I'm a bit older. I went to public school in the 80's and loved history but had no clue about the internment camps until my late 20's, no clue about Black Wallstreet. Sadly not all of history is taught to all.
Um, what are people learning in US history class?
I’m Canadian and I knew?
I was born in the late 50's I never heard or read about the interment camps or the Tulsa massacre in school. I love history and I like watching PBS in my golden years. I've learned a lot. Ken Burns is the Spielberg of documentaries 😊
You know you’ve become a powerful voice when you’re on a major network show and they don’t even get around to talking to the issues you’re most known for addressing. You’re a lion George, a really good man.
Yep! I couldn't have said it better myself. The man is eloquent composed and articulate. The spoken truth has a power all it's own.
Support your local Union!
The dude is so irrelevant most people think he’s dead.
@@arudiga you are just jelouse of an articulate intlegnat person, i have the honor of meeting him once....
@@arudiga sure thing skipper
@@arudiga why are you still lying?
George Takei is a national treasure.
No, he's a wapist groomer 😅
I agree with him being a national treasure and find people hurling allegations without proof to besmirch his character to be just nutz
@@sircasm6578 stop projecting.
@@holdmybeer You realize that's the tiniest brain response available on the internet right? Dolt 🙄
@@sircasm6578 that seems to be the go to word. Don't like someone call them a groomer.
If they are banning a book George wrote, then you know it's good and provides truth that "they" would prefer that we remain ignorant about! Any book that gets banned should be the next book that one reads! Great interview!
There's really no reason to ban any book, is there? Also, regarding children, you'd think they could trust the teachers and librarians - and impose their own censorship on their kids if they so choose.
"They" want you to read it....... Shalom
@@ligmajohnson9400 What's that supposed to mean?
@@ligmajohnson9400 Are you implying that there is a group of people who “want us to read” Takei’s book, so that’s a good reason to ban it? You know, so NO ONE can read it?
1. Is that the idea?
2. Do you think we should give our politicians the right to dictate to us what we are allowed to read? What about writing? What about singing? Saying? Art?
3. Are taboo topics a good thing for a democracy? Should some taboo subjects be against the law to write about? Read about? Sing about? Dance about?
4. What should happen to a teenager who is caught with a banned book? What about an 80 year old? What’s a logical consequence for giving your grandson a banned book about a wizard who bravely fights against a tyrannical leader who tortures children? Would that be worse than any other taboo subject that the politicians don’t like that particular election year?
5. Do you still want to let a politician decide what you read in the privacy of your home?
I homeschool and that’s EXACTLY what I’m doing. We are reading 1984 right now. The parallels are scary, and that’s exactly what the conservatives don’t want us to realize.
My. Danish great uncle bricklayer wanted to be a farmer. So, during the depression the family pooled their housing and money to save for a farm. They bought 20 acres in Kingsburg, CA. He had no experience so he asked nearby Japanese farmers for help. Once interment happened all the Japanese farms went up for auction. He was able to buy most of them. When the Japanese farmers were released, he returned the farms to their rightful owners free of charge.
Wow! What an amazing person he must have been! That a wonderful thing to do. I hope that it helped to restore some of those people's dignity and faith that not everyone in the country was bad.
That is an amazing story. That should be recorded in history books.
If that history was known, the book burning maga wackos would ban it. I mean omg, people would learn that the farms were taken from u.s. citizens! Nah, we're in the crazy era of outright lies sanitizing u.s. history.
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@@57sitruc You mean the banned ones?
Mad props to George!
That man taught us all the meaning of the words, "Oh myyyyyy!" 😄
Great interview with one of the few left from that time. History is still alive, as long as we have the courage to listen and read.
George is a magnificent human being. We need more like him.
He's a curious fellow. Wise to the ways of the world. And a true student of history.
We can become more like him if we chose to call for accountability
He's been talking about the internment camps for years---another reason he started speaking about his experience in public was because he talked to people who didn't know anything about the history of the camps, and he found it disturbing that they hadn't been taught about it at all. It's great that he's using his platform of fame to make sure that this particular event in history isn't forgotten. I just saw a doc on PBS last week about the internment called Before They Take Us Away, in which Mr. Takei was interviewed about his childhood in the camps--it was pretty good. Another good doc about the internment that also came on was called And Then They Came For Us.
@@alondathomas293 I’m going to check those out. Thanks for including them in your post.
No
George Takei is a cherished treasure! He knows about the original bsc!
George has come a long way, from Star Trek to national treasure.
Thanks for sharing with us Mr. Takei.
Support your local Union.
Outlaw "for profit prison systems" within the United States!
Peace
If America continues down this path of trying to wallpaper over the darker aspects of its history it will move closer to Russia and other less free nations. In my opinion the ability to confront such weighty topics with eyes wide open is a source of enormous strength and wisdom.
This should be a billboard.
You have it exactly right. 👍
Bless you, George Takei!
My father fought in WW2. He was on the US Hornet during the battle of Midway. In high school i became friends with a 1st generation Japanese kid. He came over to my house and when he met my father he wouldn't hold his head up. His parents were in camps. I told him to hold his head up, that he was as American as I am my father are. It's all sad an in the past. I hate war and violence period. You are so loved George.
My dad was also on the Hornet I'm WWII when it was hit and during Midway!
The point of the entire interview is that it's not in the past. Fascism is growing. The Republican party is now fascist extremist, and their book banning is just the start. It's also addressing the extreme ignorance of the majority of American people who do not know of the other atrocities committed by our government which includes the Japanese internment camps, slavery, Allen Tx massacre, the genocide of indigenous peoples, the needless Vietnam war proved by the Pentagon papers that we committed war crimes against Vietnam, it was an illegal war, not voted on by anyone and like every thing else it did and knew was wrong, was covered up.
The base of our country was built on stolen land and the blood of black and brown people. The government is still actively suppressing accurate history. It is we, caucasian Americans who should be hanging our head. You did a brave thing. We all need to educate ourselves, families, friends and associates. Thank you for sharing your poignant story. I hope a lot of people read it. All the Japanese property, homes and businesses that were seized by the government, in San Francisco California were given to African Americans causing a war between Asians and African Americans that is still going on today. Please keep sharing your story. Thank you
Thank you for doing this show; it reminds us of a terrible injustice that we must NEVER let happen again!
My wife's parents were interned. I visited Manzanar a couple times. I had to exit because I was crying. Just one more shameful period in U.S. history. For there are many that we should learn from. If it hurts, you may learn and not repeat it.
Both of my parents were born in camps during WWII. My mother, in America, Tule Lake Relocation Camp, my father, in Dachau, Germany.
@Michael Whitted Is there a point embedded in that "who cares?" comment?
Very good point about how these were American internment camps.
They were actually *concentration camps*. George & other activists want to be sensitive to Jewish history, but the fact is Jews (& so many others) were sent to EXTERMINATION camps. I hope he starts using the term "concentration camps" because the weight of those words also belongs to what he suffered.
Their only crime was to be born an American who looked a certain way.
I love George Takei. Thank you for highlighting his book.
it seems to me that one of the most important principled tenants of a democracy would be to come forward, fess up to poor judgments and mistakes made in fear, and learn from them in order to move forward to a better position of understanding so we don't make the same mistake again.
that enlightenment cannot happen if we do not include all of the good, the bad, and the ugly.
you rock, George!! I've loved you since the 60's and watching the original Star Trek. by the way, the original Star Trek was phenomenal in addressing all sorts of social issues of the time.
What incredibly powerful knowledge. Thank you, Mr. Takei and God bless!!
I am Tlingit [Alaskan Indian], Japanese and Russian from my Mother, I am Norwegian [from my Father], and I am a member of a Race that was attempted to be 'assimilated' into American culture, when I WAS born An American!
It's good to hear from you. I live just a few miles from Klukwan.
I get mistaken for Norwegian often.
I have a Norwegian name and look the part but I'm American. 🇳🇴🇺🇸
I met Mr. Takei many years ago at a Comic Con, and I was so star-struck. He is such intelligent and wonderful man, and his perspective on democracy is compelling.
George is so great on the Howard Stern show, his comedic abilities really shine.
The shame isn’t only on Americans. Thousands of Canadians of Japanese heritage were interred during the war as well, mostly on the west coast. Properties were seized and sold off to others. It was heartbreaking because the damage was not only psychological but financial as well.
Yes, it is a shame we in the U S share with our Canadian and other Allies. The property seizure was ... a terrible blow to our Japanese peoples. A side note : the 442 Regimental Combat Team, made up with Japanese American personnel (then called Nesei) is among the most decorated in all of WWII (there story is also in videos here, and a few books). I appreciate your comment with these facts of a... very unsettling part of our history. In slightly better news : those who were held and / or lost their land and property were eventually given some "reparation" payments (very little, very late - but it was a step towards some healing).
❤ George! I’ll be ordering his book. I’m trying to read the banned books, at least as many as I can.
Oh my, we love you George!
My Japanese wife suffered part of her early childhood in such a camp-my heart goes out to all who are scapegoated in life.
George speaks sense🙏🏽💚
Go George! Warp factor 7!
George Takai will forever be a hero to me.
A very articulate and intelligent man.
I love that George is exposing the truth about the FDR administration.
A truly great American.
Wonderful 10:35 telling us about how lack of clarity, half-truth can be and is consciously used to hoodwink the people, telling them to forget history. It didn't happen and we are promoting ignorance because it is easier to control. We are in control no matter what the vote count is.
Takei's keen perception from his father and from experience is heartwarming and highly impressive as he stays with his honor of the values Democracy the failures of individuals within.
Ordered the series for my family's Banned Book shelves! We can't erase the past or fear it. Silencing the truth is not the answer!
Thank you for this segment. This is a very important topic. I find the current crop of conservative politicians and supporters dangerous to the ideals of the United States. We need Mr Takei s experiences widely known, Americans mustn’t let the sins of the past get us again. Thank you!
President Clinton in 1993 formally apologized for the US role in overthrowing the Royal Monarchy of Hawaii (1893) and subsequent annexation by the United States. (1898)
George Takai is a National Treasure! I am so lucky to not only be part of a generation that WAS taught about the Japanese Americans being interred after Pearl Harbor, albeit only briefly, but to also have gone to a school that did NOT sugarcoat the 'sins of our fathers' when it came to teaching US History. Yes, as junior high and high schoolers, we WERE horrified by some of the things our country had done to others. Right here, in America, and in other countries as well. We DID struggle with the concept of 'being proud to be an American', while feeling shame and outrage at the things we were told about. BUT, and this is important, we LEARNED from history. We learned that these things WERE horrific, and shameful, and wrong. We LEARNED that to be the type of people that Americans strive to be, that we COULD do better, be bigger, more compassionate, less heartless, smarter, wiser and overall, stronger, because of the knowledge of what our forefathers had done, and knowing NOT to repeat such heinous acts. And yes, we were also taught of the countless GOOD things about American history. We had the opportunity to learn ALL of it, the good, the bad and the ugly, and we weren't damaged, indoctrinated or told we were bad people for the sins of the past.
The banning of books and the restraining of American history is a crime against our youth that could be irreparable. It does nothing but ENSURE that the future adults of our nation will not only be MORE ignorant, but also WEAKER, and THAT should NOT be allowed to happen.
Thank you, George, for your efforts to shine the light into the dark corners of American history. The truth is too easily pushed aside and forgotten.
Happy Japan Day, Mr. Takei! There were many moments in the Japan Day Parade in New York today that struck me as illustrations both delightful and poignant of Japanese-American fidelity to their adopted American culture while retaining identification with and reverence for their traditional Japanese roots. My favorite example was a band called Nomura playing a rousing rendition of Twist and Shout❣️
There are forces at work within the GOP who would do this again.
George Takei is talking real sense about important issues that are shrouded in fear and confusion, then and now.
Absolutely two of my favorite people! George Takei and Ali Velshi🥰❤️
George Takai is a cultural icon in the best sense: he is a part of the "living history" of America and a beloved actor whose "Star Trek" character as a vital crew member remains the embodiment of EQUALITY in American popular culture.
The Star Trek "cast of characters" included men and women in professional roles, characters of different "races" and even different species working together to "explore new worlds" in a future in which EQUALITY was the defining feature of a diverse society.
It was not lost on the original Star Trek audience that the principle characters did not reflect the deep divisions in American society circa 1965. Civil Rights were still not available on an equal basis in America. The Viet Nam war was raging. Public demonstrations against the war, racism, and sexism were led by religious, academic, and entertainment figures. Americans en masse were exercising their right to peaceful civic disobedience and the "old guard" of WASPs/Wall Street/Washington were getting very nervous.
Star Trek offered America a vision from which these issues of inequality were conspicuously absent. There were moments of realistic tension in the scripts - antagonism between the medical doctor and the" half-Vulcan Mr. Spock" over Spock's "green blood" and lack of emotion of the human sort - which reflected remnants of inter-species uneasiness but when it mattered the crew members came together and put duty above bias for the greater good.
It is the greatest tribute to Democracy that real life issues of racism, classism, ageism, jingoism, sexism/misogyny, ethnic antagonism, religious conflict, can be addressed in public fora.
George Takai is a courageous voice on behalf of at least two groups in American society who were persecuted for simply being who they were. Despite progress in re-dressing historical discrimination, a small but loud minority of Americans are trying to destroy the past 58 years of social progress. That minority is being driven by the pathologyies of Oligarchy and Fascism.
That is why we need to stop the regressive movement to ban books, "sanitise" curricula, censor public discussion of issues that raise questions concerning the INNATE EQUALITY of all people regardless of circumstances of birth.
America is not perfect. It is not always on the side of the Angels. To say that is not "anti-American", unpatriotic or treasonous.
It is truthful and expresses profound loyalty to the "Prime Directive": to create a country in which "All people are created Equal..."
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Love Mr. Takei, thank you for having him on the show!
Thank you for having this guest and connecting our struggles against the bigoted fascists in Indiana and elsewhere in the USA. As a Hoosier, it is encouraging in so many ways.
Thank you George. You Sir are the true embodiment of the American Spirit. May God bless you and your family.
Uncle George is a treasure a legend living history and we must protect him at all costs💜💙🖖
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Facing injustice and tragedy with the refrain, Shikata Ga Nai.
Freaking love both these men-thank you!
Thank you, Ali Velshi, for your Guest Mr. George Takei. Information our journey in Americans History.
Mr Takie I have so much respect for your activism for justice for all Americans thank you so much! As a fan of Star Trek I love Sulu especially his secret swashbuckling sued thank you sir for many years of both👏
George is truly a great man. Our Mr. Sulu did good. Blessings to all
I do love George Takei, I recall a post attributed to him when Trump was inaugurated, "A crazy man got into the Whitehouse, they made him President!" It was insightful and brilliant then and it is as equally appropriate today! "Lest we forget!"
Wonderful to hear his knowledge. 🙏🏽
The Americans have to the Tendency
to Remove Inconvenient Parts of
their History. Living in Denial is a
Core American Value. 😉
That's just not true. We learn all about the good and the bad in school. If you were actually American, you would know that. 🇺🇸
I'm curious. How is talking about it on National TV "removing it"? There are museums dedicated to it. I've been to them, have you?
@@ohana8535 Johnny is probably chinese. He has no idea what goes on in this country other than what he watched on TV... These people literally think America is Hollywood...
Isn't that the obvious truth!
When libs aren't talking about Trump, they're talking about the worst parts of our past. Libs crawled up their own a and died and they want everyone around them to be as miserable and toxic as they are
He is so graceful and thoughtful every time I watch him speak. He and all who have suffered in camps deserved better. 💖🕯
He took us where no man had gone before🙏🏽🤮
I read this book with my kids and it was so eye opening. I am the daughter of war refugees and could relate to George's young experience, as well. I admire him so much for opening the eyes of people about this period of history. So often American History classes still leaves so much out about the internment camps. It is a lesson we still need so much as we descend into "othering" as a way of life here.
My father was in the US Army intelligence while still considering an "enemy alien" (German immigrant w/Jewish father). He was stationed in Washington state at the time Pearl Harbor was bombed. Something many people, and it seems this includes GT, don't know is that Pearl Harbor was so vulnerable because "intelligence" thought that the Japanese were going to attack the west coast of the US. So, the military was prepared for that.
He and his significant other are stars on 'The Orrville' Quiet as its kept under deep make-up.
Busted you are George!
Live Long and Prosper Mr. Sulu ❤🖖
George Takei is the real hero of our times
UNITED STATES should compensate him and his family
They did
$20,000 dollars for every individual in the 90’s under Clinton and a official apology.
They already did.
@@ohana8535 And then promptly tried to erase it from history.
@@lassemadsen607 Not true. Tell me, why did you feel the need to lie?
Thank You Mr. Takei. We cannot forget because we cannot let it happen again.
Frightened people ban books.
Are you saying that the woke mob and cancel culture thugs are really just frightened little kids? I agree. I don't understand why the Left is so threatened by free speech
@@winstonsmith6607 No, 1Kent is not saying that. You don't understand because you misunderstand ("disunderstand" would be more precise). Perhaps if you could drop the "woke mob and cancel culture thugs" mindset, you would understand a lot more than you do now.
@@bmjpdx9222 I understand just fine. I'm pointing out the hypocrisy of judgmental, holy-than-thou libs.
Thank you. This was a wonderful interview about a little discussed subject. And, thank Mr. Takei for his eloquent, insightful and beautifully explained responses. Other history is absent from US textbooks as well and they might make for interesting. reporting. For example, how the US got Hawaii, William Walker in Nicaragua or the US creation of Panama.
Mr. Takei is a true American Gem!
I am so sorry for what people who look like me have done to people who look like you, George .
George's book is excellent & I recommend you read his story !! 👏💙 George Takei edit : 🍀🖖
Republicans : If we just ignore history, it didn't happen.
They feel the same way about science, and apparently elections.
So glad George is still with us.
A very good drama on the subject is "Bad Day at Black Rock" (1955), starring Spencer Tracy and Robert Ryan.
George Takei nailed it head on! I've got to get his book to read it. The more we learn about our history, the more we can make our future better.
I’ve read his book as soon as it came out. It was a part of American history that needs to be taught. It was shameful what was done to them. I love George and I’m glad he’s being given time to speak his truth!
George! My man, nice to see you, looking good! I feel; like you've been a friend for nearly 60 years now!
I was very lucky . I born just after ww2 . And I was taught by a dad , uncles , friends of Mt dads , who were soldiers in ww2 . And they taught me history . So did teachers in our community . And I learned all that they knew of history . I am grateful that I learned people in the world are not perfect . If we do not keep trying to learn and recognize people as people , and care about each other , we , we have no right to complain .
George is an American hero. Thank you so much, George, for speaking TRUTH.
American Internment camps. Not Japanese ones. Thank you Mr. Takei for that clarification.
George Takei is a heck of a person, we are so very lucky to still have him with us. I am proud to have him as a fellow American citizen. He presents so much history in this interview, and his writing, we should hear and read his eloquent thoughts.
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Mr Takei ❤ Respect.
I admire you, George Takei!
I had no Knowledge of this part of our history until the movie Snow Falling on Cedars 1999. I never learned about this part of history in school. This is so sad; we need to embrace the history of our country, the good and the bad.
George Takei is one of those humans who are born wise and accumulate more and more wisdom as they grow older.
He's also become ever more handsome over the years.
Amazing how handsome George is for his age. Always enjoyed him in movies and tv.
WE LOVE YOU GEORGE! KEEP FIGHTING!
Amazing interview.
"Oh my"... Love George taki~!
I seriously hope that in the future will get to a limit series on the hardships and tribulations of George time in the American interment camps as a child. What an heartbreaking story
An awesome American! I've always been a fan of his. Hard to believe he's 86 now. Edit: Banned books are feared books.
What a fine man is Mr. Takei.
GEORGE!!!!!! Love that man!!!
This amazing human is almost 90 years old and yet he speaks eloquently and with a clear state of mind. It could be argued he has known bigotry unlike anyone else but he is able to channel his energies whether positive or negative into his activism and making the world a better place. Compare all of that against someone like Donald Trump who's 20 years younger yet can't keep a coherent thought in his head, can't speak on the same level as GT and has the power to make a difference if he chose to yet still plays the most injured victim and talks about corruption non-stop from the 2016 and 2020 elections.
Good point thank you for pointing that out Japanese American Interment Camps
I lived in Santa Fe New Mexico
If you ever visit the VA Cemetery in Santa Fe, there’s a local cemetery next door with 2 large Japanese headstones written in Japanese, they died while interred … across the street is where the jail used to be where JA were interred…
Uncle George ❤
Go, George. Great man
Love him!!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤
God bless ya George!
Diversity is America’s Greatest Strength.
❤️ George 😊👍
There is another part of the Japanese-American internment story that is rarely discussed.
The reason it took until 1988 to pass the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 was because the federal government was waiting for the majority of the interes to die so they wouldnt have to pay as much money. Unfortunately for them, they did not realize the Japanese people often live well past 100 years old.
Origionally, the intent was to pay $15,000 plu $15 for every day incarcerated and a federal foundation established to ensure education about the experience be included in all public highschools but, that bill was killed in Congress.
Eventually, the Civil Liberties Act would pass in 1988, paying just $8,000 to the incarcerated and formal letter of appology signed by the president. It took more than ten years and three presidents to complete.
In 1993 President Clinton formally apologized for the US role in overthrowing the Royal Monarchy of Hawaii (1893) and subsequent annexation by the US (1898)