We were American citizens. We were incarcerated by our American government in American internment camps here in the United States. The term 'Japanese internment camp' is both grammatically and factually incorrect.
From George Takei
It will be written on my tombstone in very large letters, 'Here lies Hikaru Sulu,' and in very tiny letters, 'aka George Takei.' I don't protest the inevitable.
Yes, I remember the barbed wire and the guard towers and the machine guns, but they became part of my normal landscape. What would be abnormal in normal times became my normality in camp.
But when we came out of camp, that's when I first realized that being in camp, that being Japanese-American, was something shameful.
It has long been a dream of mine that this important story one day would be told on the great American stage of Broadway. In fact, I've dedicated much of the latter half of my life to ensuring the story of the internment is known.
I intend to live life, not just exist.
I marched back then - I was in a civil-rights musical, Fly Blackbird, and we met Martin Luther King.
The best way to get people to connect with an issue is to humanize it. You can do so much more powerfully with music and touch the heart.
My grandmother lived to 104 years old, and part of her success was she woke up every morning to a brand new day. She said every morning is a new gift. Her favorite hobby was collecting birthdays.
It's difficult working with someone who is not a team player.
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