George Takei - The Lesson of Internment

[MCP2012]

Way to go, George! You da man!

[am220uss]

lesson learned from internment is that our military suffered little from espionage.

because we interned and relocated potential japanese agents. The internment

worked . Ezio Horie wrote , Records of a japanese intelligence officer on the

Japanese imperial general staff, and he states that the internment and relocation

destroyed the their espionage network in the U.S. . The kempia tia ( japanese secret military police) had been inserting agents into the U.S.

since 1918.

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[KCArmstrongXIIV]

BABABOOEY!!!!

he blew brad!!!!

[DiamondSoul]

Takei is extremely intelligent. A great man.

[BorgKing001]

You can call him a fag, but don't call him tiny

[KarateManYang]

@zachthezombie: My wife met him a while back at a convention, and spoke to him in Japanese. Though not a native speaker, my wife says his Japanese is pretty good, though possibly not his first language.

[ttiiyy]

Japanese Americans are already 100 times luckier than the victims that died in the hands of the Japanese Army.

These people never had a chance to complain before they were killed in the most brutal ways!

[majorcapulet]

@ttiiyy that is true that the Japanese army was horrible but remember that the majority of Japanese Americans probably left japan because they didn't like how the Japanese government conducted business also the majority of the Japanese interned were children

[NihilistSlacker]

@ttiiyy True but so what? The people living in modern day China have it better off than people living back in Maoist China, does that mean they don't get to complain? Complaining is actually very useful when it comes to bettering your situation. Complaining over things like 'tea taxes' is part of what led to great things like the American Revolution.

[sawdudeful]

@NihilistSlacker japan killed enemies, these white americans prisoned their own u.s. citizens. 

[msaoichan]

@HatoriZengi

You are a retard.

[samuraikarasu]

George Takei is an absolute legend. He takes himself seriously only when he needs to, and when he does he is a powerful man. I'm not even a Star Trek fan, I just have intense admiration for Takei.

[SuperOxideDimutase]

1/3 of the world eats with a knife and fork, 1/3 eats with chopsticks and 1/3 eats with their fingers. All are civilized.

[Hoopermazing]

Oh my!

[zachthezombie]

can he speak japanese

[Robtseward]

Look up Crystal City Internment Camp 1/2 Japanese American 1/2 German American

[caseyguce02]

how do i pronounce this? (形) まじめな; 重大な; 重い

[kiguchiterrier]

@caseyguce02

katachi, majimena, judaina, omoi

shape, serious, serious, heavy

[TaraLaTrash]

I love his voice and he's just great!

[nimajji]

Thank you George for being a wonderful human being. I do hope the Asia Society is not limiting its focus to Asians from the S.E. and Far East only but includes folks from S. Asia, the Middle East and C. Asia too. For eg, not much is said about Sikhs who came to farms in Calif. There are misconceptions, esp on the east coast about Asian Americans being "recent" immigrants & that myth needs to be debunked. George, plz continue the good work on the Howard Stern show!!!

[devulboy1]

I really give an applause to Takei, he has a successful life after part of childhood in an internment camp during WW2. In the 1950s & 60s, to be an Asian American actor meant to be limited to stereotypical (negative & insulting) roles. But Takei was fortunate when motion picture companies & TV networks stopped that when "Star Trek" appeared, and the series was also known for the first TV interracial love scene (Capt. James Kirk and his Black-American comrad/lover) in the liberal late '60s.+

[devulboy1]

At the time (1940's) when L.A. witnessed the "Zoot suit" riots of US servicemen attacked Mexicans in gang attire, and the US army turned stadiums & horsetracks into internment centers for the Japanese, the city knew about the impact racism has and how unfair it was. The city's Jewish and Armenian residents fought to take down restrictive real estate convents and after 1950, the former rule of Blacks can't buy homes north of Pico and west of La Cienaga (where Watts is located) was also lifted. +

[devulboy1]

Takei is from East L.A., a section during the early 20th century (pre-WW2) was known as "Bronzeville" and "Brooklyn West" - it had all-Black, Asian-American, Jewish & lastly Hispanic communities when real estate segregation (redlining) was used to keep most of L.A. "white". Los Angeles is where the modern civil rights movement of the 1950's had huge influences, where neighborhoods & public facilities desegregated & public schools integrated faster, but racism is still a problem all over L.A. +

[madcapromanian]

Silly me...I thought this read "The lessons of the Internet".

Well, I like George Takei. He has endured a lot of things to make him the great person he is today. From Internment, being one of the first Oriental actors, even to his comming out, he's done a lot to help change world views!

Now I respect him even more! (Not like my respect was low or something! :D)

[ilovejapan888]

my grand parents was in interment the worst 3 years in ther lifes

[dyndan19]

George Takei is such a unique person. He is a gentleman in every sense of the word and he has a terrific sense of humour.

I'm not Asian, or even American. I'm Irish and I think stereotypes are mainly perpetuated through ignorance. I think that different cultures shouldn't be used to separate people, but to bring them together with a view to sharing different perspectives on life. We're all people and through seeing the world from another point of view we can learn more about ourselves.

[SuperDaLINKwent]

@dyndan19 wellput,myfriend

[SuperDaLINKwent]

@dyndan19 well put my friend

[Gilbavel]

They should TOTALLY have done a series based around captain Sulu when the rumor was out. He would have been great. I think they were going to call it "Star Fleet Academy", although that doesn't make sense for Captain Sulu out in the universe... maybe it was around the time the video game came out.

Anyway, he would have been wonderful, I wish they'd made it.

[EssenceOfTruth]

I love George so much..I have th BIGGEST crush on him! Especially, when he was in Star Trek. So freakin sexy..now and forever.

[durge666]

*asplodes*

[alexander33345]

Damn i respect him

[skgh23]

I have damn respect for him as well. He's a great U.S. citizen and a great actor with honesty.

[monkeydave999]

what a great guy.

[la16i]

He did some voice work in the movie Finishing the Game.

[SaganAppreciationSoc]

Dr. David Suzuki also spent time in the internment camps. Look him up. He has has great nature and science shows like The Nature of Things and "A Planet for the Taking"

[kenVHYT]

God bless your soul and spirit.

[toki211]

wow. he has such as great speaking voice. lol. he sounds so regal.

[togio100]

Thank you for posting!

[bokinaka]

Thanks Asia Society for putting all these videos together!

[jinhenkim]

True about U.S. democracy. Let us hope this November the people rise as high as they should.

[badadditude]

Never trust the white man.

[akonikane]

He is also an awesome GAY man....we love u George

[ShinsengumiTaicho1]

George is the man! I wish we could see him more.

[draztik]

great video

[LumberJack]

Asians rock. We have to walk the extra mile but its worth it.

[QunZhen]

Mr. Takei is the best. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.