George Takei has captured hearts and minds worldwide with his magnetic performances, sharp wit, and outspoken commitment to equal rights. Now with sixteen pages of bonus content from George Takei and his co-creators: a new afterword plus a behind-the-scenes tour of the process of researching, writing, drawing, and promoting They Called Us Enemy, featuring historical documents, scripts, sketches, photos, and more! They Called Us Enemy is part of this project-Takei insists that if people don’t learn about the dark moments in American history, the country is bound to repeat them.The New York Times bestselling graphic memoir from actor/author/activist George Takei returns in a deluxe hardcover edition with bonus material! Experience the forces that shaped an American icon - and America itself - in this gripping tale of courage, country, loyalty, and love. He sits on a number of committees and boards throughout his life that seek to educate people about Japanese internment or improve the lives of those who were interned. As an adult, George becomes an actor-most notably on the TV show Star Trek-and dedicates himself to spreading awareness about Japanese internment. These conversations with Daddy cause George to share his father’s optimism and admiration for American democracy, optimism that shines through the narrative.
But eventually, George comes to believe Daddy when he says that the family did protest by staying safe, alive, and fighting for their principles in ways aside from just attending rallies. Through these talks, George also becomes enraged with Daddy for not doing more to fight back against internment. From Daddy, George is able to add context-often dark-to his happy childhood memories. It’s not until he’s a teenager in Los Angeles that George becomes curious about his childhood in the internment camps and speaks to Daddy about it. Though George gets occasional glimpses into the adult world of politics and danger, Mama and Daddy mostly shelter him, which means that George’s childhood is as enjoyable as possible given the circumstances.
Rather, George and Henry throw themselves into discovering as much about their world as possible while they’re in the camps. He and his little brother, Henry, don’t know anything different, so they don’t think it’s abnormal to, for instance, have to travel on a train with guards or eat meals on a set schedule in the mess hall. Given his age, internment seems like a great adventure to George. Months later, the Takei family is incarcerated in an internment facility, first in Rower, Arkansas and later at Camp Tule Lake in California. George is only five when the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor and the U.S. George Takei is the author and protagonist of the memoir.
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