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Actor and social justice activiest George Takei slammed Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas during an interview with Fox 10 this week in Phoenix. With his longtime partner and husband by his side, Takei slammed Justice Thomas for his dissenting opinion to last week’s decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide, telling Fox 10: He is a clown […]
George Takei gave an incredible TED Talk in June of this year. Although the talk was at a TEDx event, the TED editors decided to post it among their selections on their homepage. As the TED website reports: “When he was a child, George Takei and his family were forced into an internment camp for […]
George Takei is calling on the power of the boycott in the wake of last week’s Supreme Court ruling in the Hobby Lobby case. Writing on That Blog Is So Takei, the actor and activist begins by noting that “A 5-4 majority of the U.S. Supreme Court (comprised of all men) delivered a stunning set-back for […]
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 […]
Noted actor and activist, George Takei, spoke with CNN on Monday about Edward Snowden’s speech at the South By Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas. Takei admitted to being impressed by Snowden, but told CNN he had concerns regarding Snowden’s status in Russia: “When he fled, I thought it was unfortunate. And then he fled, of […]