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Mr. Sulu Talks About Internment

Postby Mulboyne » Wed Dec 22, 2004 2:42 am

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Hi George, could you tell me a bit about your role as chairman of the board of the Japanese American National Museum?
The Japanese started to emigrate to the United States in the 1880s and it's been the classic immigrant story, save for one element. Every immigrant group coming to the United States could one day aspire to becoming a naturalised American citizen, except those citizens coming from Asia and Africa due to racism. Despite that obstacle, the Japanese immigrant group lived the classic American dream - they worked hard, they saved, they educated their children and built a home for themselves in America.
Then after Pearl Harbour suddenly, because we looked like the enemy and for no other reason, we were rounded up and put in 10 barbed wire internment camps with guard towers, search lights and machine guns. It is a dark chapter of American history, that most people in the US and Japan don't know about. I think it is important for Americans to recognise that our democracy can be fragile, and we need good people in our democratic process to defend those glorious ideals to stop it from failing again. So we organised a board for the Japanese American National Museum in 1985, opened our doors in 1992 and our third building will be completed next year. You can get more information from http://www.janm.org.
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Postby Kuang_Grade » Wed Dec 22, 2004 10:14 am

I know the dork corner I'm painting myself into by bringing this up, but he actually covers his internment experiences in his autobiography

To the Stars: The Autobiography of George Takei, Star Trek's Mr. Sulu

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0671890093/qid=1103676850/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_3/104-8825625-9927131?v=glance&s=books

He's also has a note about his return visit to his boyhood internment camp.
http://www.georgetakei.com/news-2004-september.asp.
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Postby james » Wed Dec 22, 2004 11:45 am

george takei about 14 or 15 years ago when he came to a star trek convention (the only one i've ever been to) in ottawa. he seemed to be a very down to earth person and all around decent guy.
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Postby Mels » Wed Dec 22, 2004 2:43 pm

Kuang-Grade--thanks for posting the links. It was interesting to read and impressive to say the least.
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Postby Andocrates » Wed Dec 22, 2004 4:29 pm

I enjoyed it as well. I read a lot on that site, if he would just lose that goofy grin.
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Postby Mulboyne » Sat May 28, 2005 9:40 am

Japan Times: Embrace diversity, 'Star Trek' star says
...As Japan faces the prospect of becoming a more ethnically diverse society, given its projected need for immigrant labor in the future, Takei feels obliged to share his experience being a Japanese-American in the United States -- often described as a melting pot of cultures -- so Japan can be more prepared for its future. "For the leading nations in this global society to really be able to function, we need to know the struggles that a diverse nation went through," Takei, chairman emeritus of the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, said in a recent interview in Tokyo...more...
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Postby Buraku » Thu May 24, 2007 10:37 pm

He's recently being playing a role on NBC's tv series Heroes

I missed the finale, but will try and get it somewhere

see also : sulu comes out
http://www.fuckedgaijin.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13250
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Postby emperor » Fri May 25, 2007 1:13 am

Buraku wrote:He's recently being playing a role on NBC's tv series Heroes
I missed the finale, but will try and get it somewhere

was a bit of an anti-climax imo, but i'll still be waiting with baited breath when they return in a few months :)
spoiler: [color=LemonChiffon]Hiro accidentally ends up in 1671 Kyoto[/color]

Buraku wrote:sulu comes outhttp://www.fuckedgaijin.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13250

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