They called us enemy, written by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott ; art by Harmony Becker
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Label
They called us enemy, written by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott ; art by Harmony Becker
Language
eng
resource.biographical
autobiography
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
resource.interestAgeLevel
15-18 years
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
They called us enemy
Nature of contents
comics graphic novels
Responsibility statement
written by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott ; art by Harmony Becker
Summary
George Takei has captured hearts and minds worldwide with his captivating stage presence and outspoken commitment to equal rights. But long before he braved new frontiers in Star Trek, he woke up as a four-year-old boy to find his own birth country at war with his father's and their entire family forced from their home into an uncertain future. In 1942, at the order of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, every person of Japanese descent on the west coast was rounded up and shipped to one of ten "relocation centres," hundreds or thousands of miles from home, where they would be held for years under armed guard. They Called Us Enemy is Takei's firsthand account of those years behind barbed wire, the joys and terrors of growing up under legalised racism, his mother's hard choices, his father's faith in democracy, and the way those experiences planted the seeds for his astonishing future. What is American? Who gets to decide? When the world is against you, what can one person do?
Target audience
adolescent
Classification
Creator
Subject
- Television actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
- World War, 1939-1945 + Japanese Americans -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Graphic novels
- Actors -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Japanese -- United States -- History -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Comics (Graphic works)
- Takei, George, 1937- -- Childhood and youth -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Japanese Americans + Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Takei, George, 1937- -- Comic books, strips, etc
Content
Artist
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Classification2
- Contributor3
- Creator1
- Genre2
- Subject9
- Television actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
- World War, 1939-1945 + Japanese Americans -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Graphic novels
- Actors -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Japanese -- United States -- History -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Comics (Graphic works)
- Takei, George, 1937- -- Childhood and youth -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Japanese Americans + Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Takei, George, 1937- -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Content2
- Artist1
- Author3