George Takei was five years old when he and his family were sent to a Japanese American internment camp during World War II - so probably that among the other political events and upheavals since
He has a graphic novel biography about his childhood growing up in internment camps. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to understand a bit of American history that they don’t really teach in schools.
What/who do you think he is referring to as worse?
Wasn’t he actually interred in a camp during WWII? And he lived through the AIDS crisis as a gay man
Probably his three years in three different internment camps.
George Takei was five years old when he and his family were sent to a Japanese American internment camp during World War II - so probably that among the other political events and upheavals since
Nixon, Reagan, Clinton, Bush, Bush
Just my guess though.
He has a graphic novel biography about his childhood growing up in internment camps. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to understand a bit of American history that they don’t really teach in schools.