Sunday, June 6, 2021

They Called Us Enemy

 They Called Us Enemy by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, and Harmony Becker, 208 pages.

This graphic memoir follows the journey of George Takei (of Star Trek fame) during his time in Japanese internment camps during WWII. This is a phenomenal memoir. The fact that Takei was a child during internment gives a very different perspective on a historical event, and it does a really good job balancing life as he experienced it and the things he has realized and learned about those experiences as an adult. In addition, I really appreciated the notes on legal history throughout. This memoir manages to be simultaneously very personal and very historical, which makes for a very engaging book overall. 


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