Roosevelt, every person of Japanese descent on the west coast was rounded up and shipped to one of ten relocation centers, hundreds or thousands of miles from home, where they would be held for years under armed guard.They Called Us Enemy is Takei's firsthand account of those years behind barbed wire, the joys and terrors of growing up under legalized racism, his mother's hard choices, his father's faith in democracy, and the way those experiences planted the seeds for his astonishing future. Some of the strongest symbols within George Takei’s They Called Us Enemy are the fences that surround Rohwer and Tule Lake interment camps. Experience the forces that shaped an American icon - and America itself.Long before George Takei braved new frontiers in Star Trek, he woke up as a four-year-old boy to find his own birth country at war with his father's - and their entire family forced from their home into an uncertain future.In 1942, at the order of President Franklin D. This offsets the tension when teenage George feels that his father betrayed the family by allowing them to. () Takei dedicates the book to his parents, acknowledging at the beginning that he is grateful to be their child. Book Summary :A graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei's childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps during World War II. In memory of Daddy and Mama, for their undying love and life guidance.
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