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Why I love a country that once betrayed me | George Takei

Why I love a country that once betrayed me | George Takei

Takei looks back at how the internment camp during World War II shaped his surprising, personal definition of patriotism and democracy.

TED Talks Daily · TED

June 28, 201716m 13s

Show Notes

When he was a child, George Takei and his family were forced into an internment camp for Japanese-Americans, as a "security" measure during World War II. 70 years later, Takei looks back at how the camp shaped his surprising, personal definition of patriotism and democracy.

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