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the country 11 legally ana iinxvinciimmi uonv dui uie |?suicuiun anuiu iu ivnuj‘That terror is seared into my memory’: George Takei on Trump, Muslims and Japanese internmentBy Matt StevensLOS ANGELES TIMESEarly one morning, a fewweeks after his fifth birthday, George Takeis parents wokehim. They were hurried, packing quickly, and Takei looked out the window.He saw two soldiers marching up his East Los Angeles driveway, carrying rifles withbayonets. The soldersstomped up the front porch and banged on the door until Takei's father answered, andPhoto by Sean Zanni via TNSthe !amily was ordered out of George Takei at the New York Film Critics Circletheir home at gunpoint. Takei's mother was the lastto leave.When she came out. shehad our baby sister in one arm, and a huge, heavy-looking duffel bag in the other, and tears were streamingdown her lace,” Takei saidmore than seven decades later.Ami that terror, he siAwards held Jan. 4 at TAG Downtown, NYC.is seared into my memory .Many know Takei as the actor who played Sulu in Star Trek But Takei husalso leveraged his fame into social-media stardom, placing himself at the forefront of Asian American activism with a Face book following rapidly approaching 10 million.So it should come as no surprise that Takei spoke out this past week after Carl Higbie, a supporter ofPresident-elect DonaldTrump, defended the idea ofgrants of Muslim countries.’It is legal. They say it'll hold constitutional muster. I know the (American Civil Liberties Union] is going to challenge it. but I think it'll pass,'* Higbie said. “We've done it with Iran back a while ago. We did it during World War II w ith Japanese.His interviewer on Fox News. Megyn Kelly, said: “Come on. You’re not —back to the day s of internment camps, 1 hope r“No, no, no. I’m not proposing that at all. Megyn, but what I am saying is we need to protect America first. Higbie said.A spokesman for Trump's transition team issued a state-creating a registry “for immi- you're not proposing we goment saying that the president-elect “has nev er advocated for any registry or sy stemthat tracks individuals basedon their religion, and to imply otherwise is completely false.”In November 2015. according to the fact-checking website Pol in fact. Trump made a number of contradictory and confusing statements in response to questions about whether he supported a database of all Muslims. Eventually, said on ABC' that he wants a database for Syrian refugees, but did not rule out a database for all Muslims.Still, Higbie’s exchange w ith Kelly sent chills throughmuch of Los Angeles’ Japanese American community and continued to spark strong rebukes.
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