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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:04.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There’s a memory seared into my brain when I was 5 years old.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.86,0:00:10.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was the spring of 1942 when soldiers came marching up our driveway,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.92,0:00:14.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stomped up the front porch and banged on the door
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.46,0:00:17.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ordered my family out of our home.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.98,0:00:22.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were imprisoned behind barbed wired fences
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.06,0:00:25.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for four years, for the duration of the war.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.19,0:00:30.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Simply because we happened to look like the people that bombed Pearl Harbor.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.24,0:00:32.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were American Citizens.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.16,0:00:36.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet, because of who we were, what we looked like,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.100,0:00:40.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we were in prison without due process.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.47,0:00:49.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s been 7 decades now we have made undreamed of advances.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.80,0:00:54.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,President Obama has had 3 Asian Americans on the Cabinet:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.44,0:00:58.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Steven Chu, General Eric Shinseki and Gary Locke.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.53,0:01:02.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We now have legislators in the US Congress.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.33,0:01:08.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we have, as an Asian American Community, low voter registration.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.90,0:01:13.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've got to be actively involved in the electoral process.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.25,0:01:18.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you really appreciate the price that has been paid for that right,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.100,0:01:23.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you should be in there participating, protecting our interests
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.23,0:01:28.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in so doing making our democracy a truer democracy.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.02,0:01:32.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have a unique opportunity to support a president who is a part of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.88,0:01:38.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He grew up in Hawaii, the ‘Aloha’ spirit, his sister’s half-Asian,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.56,0:01:43.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he understands, and loves, the Asian-American community.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.35,0:01:49.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,President Obama’s record of helping to advance opportunities for Asian Americans
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.04,0:01:51.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has been remarkable.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.26,0:01:56.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We support President Obama for re-election because of that fantastic record.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.74,0:02:01.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can’t urge you strongly enough to register to vote,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.71,0:02:06.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to raise funds, to volunteer your time and energy.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.04,0:02:08.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Talk to your friends, talk to your relatives:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.67,0:02:11.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it’s very important for all of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.32,0:02:14.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For more information on how to get involved, go to
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.76,0:02:17.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,barackobama.com/aapi
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.38,0:02:26.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Obama Biden - barackobama.com/aapi)\N(Sign Up - Donate)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.95,0:02:28.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(subtitles based on the transcript in http://lybio.net/george-takei-weve-got-to-be-actively-involved-in-the-electoral-process/news-politics/)