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The actor says he struggled for years before finding his true voice.<\/h2>\n

These days, George Takei is a prominent voice in the fight for LGBTQ and immigration rights. But the road to activism was long and bumpy for the former Star Trek<\/em> actor.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s 1969, and I\u2019m involved in all these issues\u2014civil rights, seeking a government apology for the (incarceration of Japanese Americans in internment camps during World War II), the peace movement in Vietnam,\u201d Takei said during a talk at Strong Auditorium on Thursday night. \u201cBut in the one closest to me, marriage equality, I was silent. I was protecting my career. That\u2019s the year we got unemployed from Star Trek<\/em>, and that\u2019s the year the Stonewall riots happened, galvanizing the gay liberation movement. And I was closeted. It was a torturous thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Takei spoke with Donald Hall, the Robert L. and Mary L. Sproull Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Sciences & Engineering at the\u00a0University<\/a> of Rochester, as part of the semiannual series Difficult Conversations as a Catalyst for Change. <\/em>The event was also broadcast via Zoom.<\/p>\n

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George Takei acknowledges the audience as he takes the stage at Strong Auditorium. (Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ photo \/ J. Adam Fenster)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Takei is known to millions for his role as Hikaru Sulu, helmsman of the iconic 1960s show Star Trek<\/em>\u2014and the numerous movie reboots that followed. But since coming out as gay in 2005, he has become one of the country\u2019s leading figures in the fight for social justice. Takei has more than nine million followers on Facebook, and 3.2 million follow @georgetakei<\/a> on Twitter, where he frequently comments on political and human rights issues.<\/p>\n

Takei was born in 1937 in Los Angeles. His mother was born in Sacramento, while his father emigrated from Japan as a boy. As a child during World War II, Takei and his family were imprisoned in US-operated internment camps in 1942\u2014months after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. \u201cAt gunpoint, here in America, we were ordered out of our home,\u201d he recounted. \u201cThe terror of that morning is something I will never forget. Our bank accounts were frozen, and our life savings were taken from us. We had nothing to do with Pearl Harbor, other than looking like the people who bombed Pearl Harbor.\u201d<\/p>\n

Takei\u2019s family lived in the converted horse stables of a Los Angeles racetrack before being sent to live behind barbed wires at a camp in Arkansas. The family was homeless for five years after the war ended and lived on Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles\u2014an experience he says gave him his identity and was actually worse than the camps.<\/p>\n

\u201cSkid Row was a horrific place, chaos, screeching police cars day and night, smelly, ugly, scary people staggering about\u201d he says. \u201cMy baby sister, who had spent her whole life imprisoned, would scream \u2018Mama, let\u2019s go back home\u2019\u2014meaning behind barbed-wire fence.\u201d<\/p>\n

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George Takei talked about his experience during World War II, when he and his family were imprisoned in US-operated internment camps. (Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ photo \/ J. Adam Fenster)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The family eventually moved to a stable home in Los Angeles. Takei\u2019s father wanted him to be an architect, but his passion for acting finally won out, and he landed his first major role while a student at UCLA, playing opposite famed British actor Richard Burton in the 1960 movie Ice Palace<\/em>. Star Trek<\/em> came along six years later and ran for three seasons, to generally low ratings. The show developed a cult following in syndication and spawned several movies (Takei starred in six of them).<\/p>\n

Takei has been with his husband, Brad Altman, for 36 years. They were the first same-sex couple to apply for a marriage license in West Hollywood and married in 2008 at the Japanese American National Museum, which Takei helped found.<\/p>\n

Takei says although America is bitterly divided politically\u2014and homophobia and xenophobia are still prevalent\u2014it\u2019s up to the people to make their voices heard.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ideals of our society are noble ideals, shining ideals,\u201d he says. \u201cBut it\u2019s dependent on us. \u2018Equal justice under the law\u2019 are words. We are the ones that have to give it meaning. Give it truth. Give it reality.\u201d<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Difficult Conversations\u00a0series was created in 2018 and brings to campus thought leaders who hold strong opinions about the problems Americans face, and who answer questions from the University community. Previous speakers include Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Angela Davis, Madeleine Albright, Michael Eric Dyson, and Michael Beschloss.<\/p>\n

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Rochester faculty and alumni have composed its theme, written episodes, and reflected deeply on why Star Trek<\/em> resonates.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Scholars in the humanities and social sciences will study human migration as part of a “temporary research center” supported by a Mellon Sawyer Seminar grant.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The antiracist activist and author spoke on several current issues at the University\u2019s annual MLK Address<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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