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   George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽 (georgetakei@universeodon.com)'s status on Thursday, 08-Dec-2022 03:00:12 JST George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽

   Today is Pearl Harbor Day in the U.S., a “day that will live in infamy” for the unprovoked attack by the Empire of Japan upon U.S. forces stationed in Hawaii. But it also marked a dark turning point for Japanese Americans, who overnight became the “enemy.” (1/4)

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     George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽 (georgetakei@universeodon.com)'s status on Thursday, 08-Dec-2022 03:00:41 JST George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽

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     At age 4, I was classified as 4c, enemy alien, even though I was born in the U.S. Within a few months, the internment of our community was ordered by FDR with broad support from the American people, who turned their backs upon us. We lost our homes, our businesses and our freedoms. (2/4)

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     George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽 (georgetakei@universeodon.com)'s status on Thursday, 08-Dec-2022 03:01:06 JST George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽

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     It has been my lifelong mission to tell the story of the Japanese American internment so that we remember and do not repeat the mistakes of the past. Now, I am bringing that story to the UK from Jan-Apr in a show called “Allegiance” based on my own experiences. (3/4)

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     George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽 (georgetakei@universeodon.com)'s status on Thursday, 08-Dec-2022 03:01:32 JST George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽

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     If you are in London early in 2023, I would be deeply honored if you came to share in this storytelling by joining us at Allegiance. Thank you.

     — Uncle George (4/4)

     https://allegiancemusical.com/

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     Morax (morax@universeodon.com)'s status on Thursday, 08-Dec-2022 03:04:13 JST Morax

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     @georgetakei Thank you for sharing. I was given a very "white washed"/glossed over version of what happened in school. Its sad when you learn how it actually impacted people.

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     Carl?????️‍? (deniscarl@universeodon.com)'s status on Thursday, 08-Dec-2022 03:28:31 JST Carl?????️‍?

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     @georgetakei I cannot afford London… Will happily share. I’m wishing you all the best for the show and for 2023. When you’re a must-see sell out they’ll have to be a tour. You need to start in Newcastle.

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     SmudgiesMom (smudgiesmom@universeodon.com)'s status on Thursday, 08-Dec-2022 03:29:46 JST SmudgiesMom

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     @georgetakei ???

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     PJT North (pjtn@universeodon.com)'s status on Thursday, 08-Dec-2022 04:59:35 JST PJT North

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     @georgetakei If I can I will.

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     Patricia Lavatai (pjlavatai@universeodon.com)'s status on Thursday, 08-Dec-2022 05:14:45 JST Patricia Lavatai

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     @georgetakei
     My Japanese roommate rtold me of her parent’s stories of Japanese “Internment” camps. This horrid piece of our history is not taught in schools, or at least not when I was young, Yes, I see the differences in the color of our skin and the shape of our eyes, but that makes me all the more excited to find out what path my family has walked, and where it has led them, that makes them different from me, yet so very much part of me. Go back far enough and differences disappear.

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     Patricia Lavatai (pjlavatai@universeodon.com)'s status on Thursday, 08-Dec-2022 05:16:23 JST Patricia Lavatai

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     @georgetakei BTW…I have had a crush on you since I was 13, and I am asexual ?

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     Mabb (mabb@universeodon.com)'s status on Thursday, 08-Dec-2022 05:19:32 JST Mabb

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     @georgetakei my heart goes out to you, and to all the victims of this atrocity.

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     CypherC (cyphercloudsculpter@universeodon.com)'s status on Thursday, 08-Dec-2022 05:37:56 JST CypherC

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     @georgetakei While you are over there, could you perhaps ask around about one of these?

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     Humble Fan of Atty. Woo (billmcguire@universeodon.com)'s status on Thursday, 08-Dec-2022 06:48:29 JST Humble Fan of Atty. Woo

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     @georgetakei
     Terribly sorry for the pain and suffering your family and friends endured. I cannot possibly know what you all went through. I am thankful for you being able to share your story. I was stationed on Okinawa, Japan and felt fortunate to be there 30 mos. I immersed myself into the local area as best I could. I dated a couple of Okinawan ladies. I attended a wedding; a concert; movies. I was not in mainland Japan. Be well.

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     Auntie Pha (antifa4ever@universeodon.com)'s status on Thursday, 08-Dec-2022 08:03:48 JST Auntie Pha

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     @georgetakei I am heartbroken for what you and other Japanese Americans unjustly received. I am impressed by your ability to not display bitterness. You are a true role model for not letting adversity run one's life.

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     Ādyaśakti Svāmī ? ? ?‍♂️ (adyashakti@universeodon.com)'s status on Thursday, 08-Dec-2022 13:55:27 JST Ādyaśakti Svāmī ? ? ?‍♂️

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     @georgetakei
     It was not ‘unprovoked’. The US had blockaded Japan’s oil supplies, without which it would have been unable to feed or defend the country. Check your history.

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     Merculargo (merculargouni@universeodon.com)'s status on Thursday, 08-Dec-2022 18:20:41 JST Merculargo

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     @georgetakei I still can’t believe Americans were classed as the enemy simply using guilt by vague association. So sad and a very embarrassing thing to look at in the here and now for the USA. In the same way that you can’t view any Russians that live elsewhere in the world for their crazy leaders actions. Much love to you and thinking of all those who have suffered under this judgment.