 |
SCREEN CAPTURE
George Takei: 'It is the most incompetent admnnistration...' |
STAR TREK star George Takei was asked to recall his experience as a 5-year old when he and his family were detained during World War II.
Appearing last night (July 31) on MSNBC's Lawarence O'Donnel show, The Last Word, the 81-year old Japanese American actor recalled the soldiers, with bayonets drawn, pounding on the front door, his parents packing, his mother crying. Takei said, "I will never be able to forget that scary, horrible morning" when his family were taken from their home and placed in an internment camp.
Takei was discussing how traumatic events impact young children in relation to the children being separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border.
(Donald Trump) "has reached a new historical low," said Takei. "This notion of taking children from their parents, ... then incarcerating them in cages, then scattering them across the country," said Takei, best known for his role as Mr. Sulu in the original television series Star Trek that launched a megahit franchise with a fanatically loyal fanbase.
"It is the most incompetent administration. a new low in cruelty and inhumanity. It makes Americans ashamed," Takei told the host.
Takei's interview starts around the 3:40 mark in the video below:
____________________________________________________________________________
No comments:
Post a Comment