Now 84 years old, Takei is a leader in the fight for social justice, LGBTQ rights and marriage equality.
The illustrated, graphics format makes the book immediately engaging and Takei’s fame as Hikaru Sulu, on the TV series “Star Trek” has helped bring attention to his story.
history,” said Yonemoto, “including the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, to the 9/11 violence and discrimination targeted toward South Asian Americans and others, to present-day Asian Americans reporting a rising number of hate crimes and hate incidences during the current COVID-19 pandemic.” “The Takei book reminds us of the ways in which Asian Americans have continually encountered anti-Asian sentiment throughout U.S. Due to the high number of responses, it was moved to a larger venue in the Titan Student Union and was streamed on YouTube. The event was organized by Asian Pacific American Faculty and Staff Association in conjunction with the Office of Diversity Inclusion and Equity and the One Book/One CSUF Committee. Moderating the discussion was Karen Yonemoto, a CSUF lecturer on Asian American studies. 13 that featured Thomas Fujita-Rony, associate professor, Asian American studies Arthur Hansen, professor emeritus, Asian American Studies and Craig Ihara, professor emeritus, philosophy. Free copies have been made available to students and faculty, and a panel discussion was held on the topic on Oct. The book was chosen for the annual One Book, One CSF program, which is part of the “Titans Together: Striving for Justice, Equity, and Inclusion” initiative. Though they were American citizens, the Takei family and other California families like them were forced to live in barracks surrounded by barbed wire fences and armed guards for four years. George Takei’s best-selling graphic-genre novel, “They Called Us Enemy,” tells the vivid personal story of his family being pulled from their Los Angeles home and sent on trains to one of many Japanese American internment camps in Arkansas during World War II.
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