How were Filipinos and other groups represented at the time?
The stereotypes of the Filipinos that appear in the cartoon press of the day really tap the reservoir of American race stereotypes. Some Filipinos are portrayed as being akin to African Americans, some are portrayed as being akin to Native Americans. If you look at the way Filipinos are represented, they are represented not as Filipinos but in terms that are probably more recognizable to a newspaper readership. And the terms are sketched right out of the same lines that have been used for several generations that characterize other groups of Americans. The Chinese are, if you will, victimized doubly. They are victimized because they are perceived as heathen Chinese, non-Christian, which provides a lot of Americans with sufficient grounds to discriminate against them, simply on religious grounds. But they are also viewed as a separate race because they are viewed in a color-coded environment as brown, nonwhite. They are viewed as a subordinate race. And it is very easy for Americans to
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