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George Takei on internment, immigration and 'inhumanity'

"Star Trek" actor, civil rights activist and social media maven George Takei has now written a graphic novel, "They Called Us Enemy," about the trauma of his family's being rounded up by the U.S. government and sent to internment camps during World War II. Takei talks to William Brangham about why his story still resonates today.

George Takei on internment, immigration and 'inhumanity'

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