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They Called Us Enemy
by Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, George Takei
adventurous
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
There are difficult periods in history which we want to forget because they don't fit into the convenient narrative. Yet, to ignore history is to ensure that you repeat it. It is important to acknowledge what happened, confront the wrong and take from it the lessons you can.
George Takei is best known for his role in Star Trek, and for using that platform to advocate as a social activist. This graphic novel looks at his early years when his American family of Japanese descent was forced into a camp on the presumption that they owed allegiance to Japan and not to America. Later, they were given the option to join the US Army and to revoke their allegiance to Japan- contentious objectors were called "No No People", and they had to struggle to prove their continuing loyalty to the nation after the War ended.
The book also shows how children (like George Takei) who grew up in the camps still managed to build a life there, and of the challenges they faced when they had to reintegrate into society. Above everything else, this is a story of hope and of people clinging on to hope and working to ensure that their hopes come true.
George Takei is best known for his role in Star Trek, and for using that platform to advocate as a social activist. This graphic novel looks at his early years when his American family of Japanese descent was forced into a camp on the presumption that they owed allegiance to Japan and not to America. Later, they were given the option to join the US Army and to revoke their allegiance to Japan- contentious objectors were called "No No People", and they had to struggle to prove their continuing loyalty to the nation after the War ended.
The book also shows how children (like George Takei) who grew up in the camps still managed to build a life there, and of the challenges they faced when they had to reintegrate into society. Above everything else, this is a story of hope and of people clinging on to hope and working to ensure that their hopes come true.