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   George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽 (georgetakei@universeodon.com)'s status on Wednesday, 23-Nov-2022 01:27:23 JST George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽

   Doing an interview with the BBC to promote my upcoming musical “Allegiance” in London.
   This is my legacy project, the work I am most proud of and am most eager to share with UK audiences. It tells the story of our community, when 120,000 Japanese Americans were put into barbed wire prison camps during WWII because we resembled the people who bombed Pearl Harbor.
   Allegiance is a celebration of the human spirit over adversity. #NeverForget
   For tickets visit: https://allegiancemusical.com

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     Rob / OGTrekker (ogtrekker@universeodon.com)'s status on Wednesday, 23-Nov-2022 01:32:50 JST Rob / OGTrekker

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     @georgetakei That show was so amazing, George. We saw it on Broadway and it made us laugh and cry. Beautiful story and music. Glad to see it continuing to play. Congrats. ??❤️?

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     Tomfryx (tfryxell@universeodon.com)'s status on Wednesday, 23-Nov-2022 02:46:18 JST Tomfryx

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     @georgetakei I was a College level Chem major in my second year (early 70's) and took a political science course as an elective. I had to write a paper and choose the Japanese interment during WW2 as my subject. It was upsetting to see what was done to Japanese -American citizens under the guise of national security and worse yet have it upheld by the Supreme Court(Korematsu v. United States).

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     JPNeedleman (joshuaneedleman@universeodon.com)'s status on Wednesday, 23-Nov-2022 02:53:56 JST JPNeedleman

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     @georgetakei
     It's an incredible show. I saw it in NY when it first opened. Powerful, moving, and thought provoking.

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     Tom H. (pchistorian@universeodon.com)'s status on Monday, 19-Feb-2024 14:43:10 JST Tom H.

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     @georgetakei I think that is a story that should be told in France and Germany as well. I imagine France would love to know the courage and humanity that did run inside those camps, beside the inhumanities. Nison soldiers.