George Takei Guides ‘Allegiance,’ a Musical, Not a Starship; New York Times, 10/27/15

Laura Collins-Hughes, New York Times; George Takei Guides ‘Allegiance,’ a Musical, Not a Starship:

"During the war, the government relocated about 120,000 West Coast Japanese-Americans to internment camps in what Mr. Takei called “an act of pure, irrational, mad, racist hysteria.” Raising awareness about the issue is his “life mission,” he said in that smooth baritone, so familiar from Starfleet chatter aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise...

He still chokes up when he recalls a vicious bit of adolescent venom for which he never apologized: accusing his father of leading the family “like sheep to slaughter by taking us into the internment camp.”

But his father didn’t want an alienated son with a victim mentality, Mr. Takei said; he wanted a child who was engaged in shaping American democracy. So he took young George down to Adlai Stevenson’s presidential campaign office and had him volunteer to help. He’s been a liberal activist ever since, viewing various forms of bigotry as all of a piece."