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Having risen to fame as Hikaru Sulu in Star Trek, George Takei is one of the best loved sci-fi actors in the world and a Hollywood Walk of Fame inductee. His extensive work in promoting LGBTQIA+ and human rights has earned him a number of awards, including the LGBT Humanist Award 2012 and the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette by the Japanese Government.
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[@blackvinylgrooves]

So refreshing to hear George talk about his exceptional life rather than the same old stuff about Star Trek.

[@annika_panicka]

What an inspiration George Takei is. He has such courage and grace. Live long and prosper, Sir!

[@baardbi]

Very emotional. I never knew George Takei is such a great guy. I'm very glad KZbin suggested this video to me.

[@victoriablakemanbordelon3297]

A GREAT American storyteller and a HORRIBLE experience. Sometimes I wish America would teach us our true History, mistakes and all. The mistakes are filled in gold because that is how we learn.

[@dragonskunkstudio7582]

"...soon we will have the first woman president..." Such painful hindsight of what really went down. But now having a woman vice president first was probably the needed stepping stone.

[@spornge]

I love you George! Thank you for a lifetime of activisim: always tear when he speaks about racial and orientation discremination: I hope Library of Congress has him recorded for American Experience record

[@joaniecummings3465]

George Takei is a beautiful man I think he has a unique perspective on live

[@Silverado1st]

Its sad all around the globe all the horrific history, all the red all our countries and territories have in our ledger. Its incredible we survived as a species. Thank god for Uncle George for all his bravery and fortitude, to share with us his talents on and off stage. Bless him, his family and all people suffering then and now under oppression, wherever they may be. May God give all our leaders a care and wisdom to bring a common peace to the world, to end pain and suffering and support the struggling in there needs and wants, to destroy the wickedness in peoples hearts and prevent them from taking advantage of the weak and oppressed.

[@DiegoPerini]

He promised a 45 minutes long speech. He provided one exactly 45 minutes long. Such timing!

[@shikastormcrow6224]

What an emotional story, thank you!

[@marcziegenhain8420]

Shakespeare in Klingon original should be part of every library.

[@SuperWayneyb]

How can anyone hate on this mans life, or be anything but sympathetic towards anyone who has gone through injustice? He and his parents obviously proud to be Americans send us a warning from history to fight ignorance and not each other. This is true of all countries, but I guess there will always be fools who hate first without thought or provocation because they are raised in ignorance and intolerance. Peace 👍

[@999YCM]

This should get more views.

[@danilo.castelli]

Amazing lifestory. Shame on all racists, clasists and homophobes.

[@ambientatomicorbitals7810]

Bloody nice chap that Takei,

[@galesito1733]

I'm not a Trekkie but I really respect this guy.

[@hansrutzigen754]

Most of the Japanese Americans had Japanese citizenship too.

[@garyturner5204]

Pay attention. Asians, Japanese and Chinese were NOT able to get citizenship in 1944!

[@EmilyHartley25989]

Bit off-topic, but George Takei’s style reminds me of Gore Vidal’s. Cadence and inflection. Might be just me.

[@jslasher1]

Unforgettable. Thank you Mr Takei for telling it like it was. You are a hero as someone else has previously noted below.

[@Jim.Jim.32]

With all due respect America was attacked by the Japanese. We paid the Japanese Americans restitution when it was al said and done.

[@spornge]

442 nd was awarded among others 40 Bronze Stars & 21 MOH

[@brainsareus]

George; RIOT, is the Law&Order perspective for Stonewall .. why not; more accurately, call it an UPRISING??!!

[@Daveomabegin]

Love you George! 🤗🇺🇲

[@MrDonkov]

A vote for a woman Hillary just so we can say we are not a sexist society. Um, wait, isn´t that sexist by itself?

[@tkenglander6226]

What a great talk that was!!! He's amazing!!

[@nigelcowie6883]

Brilliant

[@mrscary3105]

Mr. Takei is a hero.

[@carriemitch1]

Wow! Very impressive and touching. While I agree we are an amazing country, listening to George speak about the internment camps one can't help but draw parallels to Trump.

[@TheClahey]

The number of people he says he wants to deport would require a way of "storing" people.

[@jonsmith9379]

touching, yes; trump and internment camps..no proof

[@TheWorldTeacher]

Except for the fact that President Trump is not a racist fascist.

[@rng8891]

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." Remember my friend.... it was a Liberal, Progressive, Democrat - Not a Conservative Republican - who created the Japanese Internment Camps........................

[@rng8891]

And, let us not forget, it was a Conservative Republican who apologized to those Japanese who were forcibly interned....................

[@rpk5568]

What I've never understood about the Takei's family race based interment, is that George strongly supports the same political party that put his family in that concentration camp. Maybe because in Hollywood, if you don't support that political party, then you can't work. So basically your always under threat of having your lively-hood taken away from you by that same political party. So you never really get out of the concentration camp. The decor is just better, but watch what you say.

[@nancykraus5127]

Since he was 5, the ideology of our 2 main political parties has flipped.

[@rpk5568]

@@nancykraus5127 Do you think the democrats would not hold political prisoners now. They've already used branches of the government to silence people they don't like. Democrats were dangerous to freedom then and they are now.

[@nancykraus5127]

@@rpk5568 I think there are dangerous factions in power on both sides of the aisle.

[@rpk5568]

A fact based debate would be interesting. Most dangerous thing on the left is, Pack the supreme count with, of course, far-left members so that none of your constitutional rights would be worth the paper they're printed on. Lets start with the first two. Free speech and press. Some of the left have said that press outlets that they don't like should be shut down. The libs thru the FBI paid Twitter millions of our tax dollars to cancel the speech that was truthful because it showed the lies of the left. Right to bear arms is there so the people can overthrow a tyrannical government. Which the libs know is them. Two examples of treason as well. but with two standards of justice, libs skate free. I await your two examples of dangerous from the right.

[@morenofranco9235]

Everything we know - we learned from watching Star Trek. Everything I never needed to know, BUT was forced to find out. Yay! Helms-man Sulu! Boldly Going. . .

[@ScottJonesy]

Don't agree with him re Clinton but that little bit aside..wow..what a talk. Mesmerising

[@cdnsilverdaddy]

Oh My!

[@webbess1]

The British shouldn't feel so superior when it comes to Japanese internment. They did the same thing as the Americans: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Arandora_Star

[@jpokeefe8122]

A$AP Rocky was GREAT, Takei too! 👽👍🏽 Loved it. Enterprise took over Space like Athens...

[@kevinp8108]

"Oh my!"

[@zamiel3]

Why would George even want to admit he worked with Jane Fonda in an organization during the 60's?

[@winistan]

Get Elon Musk already

[@solitarymaninblack]

There is the Fort Minor song Kenji.

[@jonsmith9379]

love takei

[@davidthemod4729]

George Takei a true citizen of the of the world . He should have given a knighthood while he was in Britain.

[@rattynobbs]

amazing guy, but does he know he's in england haha

[@hansrutzigen754]

George Takei's story about soldiers banging on his front door is obvioulsy some kind of embellishment. There was no home pick up service to the assembly centers by the military. It makes for a great story though.

[@garyturner5204]

There is no embellishment to George Taker’s story about the military banging on his family’s door to collect them with thousands of others to brought to the intern camps. It is fact.

[@macklee6837]

Why the dislikes? :/

[@Andyjzr]

22 people thought it was a band?

[@Andyjzr]

@@cheyennebrennan966 I'm with you Cheyeene, that was kind of my point. He's made a difference to my life and given me confidence.

[@marcziegenhain8420]

Kirk's Enterprise had a crew of about 400, not 1000.

[@Panchitobear]

There is skid row already after the war?? I doubt.

[@sratus]

Gropey McGropeface

[@titaniumovaries8556]

Mr. Takei is an actor. Someone who pretends for a living and actually thinks because of that he’s smarter than the peons under him. There’s nothing humble about him.

[@brainsareus]

Important, for sure; but the preachy delivery turned me off a bit. It would have been more powerful, without it.

[@TheAngelmaat]

I wonder if he's so proud to be an American under Trump, Corona, George Floyd, etc. I'm sure as hell not.

[@dorothymcclain2513]

not proud? so many turning in their graves right now for all they went through.

[@jaimemurphy2208]

You try to improve your country.

[@harryworth8157]

He always feels sorry for himself , always about him , slagging off his Co Stars , because he thought they had better rolls than him , There must of been SOME Patriotic support for Japan from the people living in the USA during the second World War , like there were for Germany ( i do not agree with interment Camps ) He is a very jealous & acidic man , life is too short & you must move on & forgive , or risk been a very unhappy person for your remaining years !

[@nancykraus5127]

He came forward about this because we don't teach it in our history books in schools. If we don't know our history it can happen again.