For this week’s Flashback Friday we wanted to present George Takei taking on the racism of Bill O’Reilly in this clip from last year.
On January 3, 2013 O’Reilly did an entire show on Hawaii detailing some of the fiscal and social issues facing the state.
O’Reilly stated that he was perplexed by some of Hawaii’s challenges, particular its liberalism noting: “35 percent of the Hawaiian population is Asian. Asian people are not liberal, you know, by nature. They’re usually more industrious and hard-working.”
George Takei went on the Ed Show with Ed Schultz the following night to address those comments providing his personal experience of being interned and facing racism after being released from prison camps after the end of World War II.
Also included in the clip is a brief montage of O’Reilly’s past racist or stereotypical comments.
You can watch the clip below from Political Articles:
http://youtu.be/hWUV9fyc4Rc
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