The East Vs The West Racism
The East Vs. The West: Racism The Asia/Pacific War proved to be a war that went far beyond that of defending the ideals of humanity or even trying to suppress or augment ones power by means of territory. This definitive outbreak and ongoing military rampage dove to the most critical and hateful ideals of our time: racism. Beliefs discerning the fundamental differences between the "East" vs. the "West" fueled a time and place of misconceptions, blind followings and mass race hatred. The stereotypes developed from the study of the respective histories of the other were only augmented by the immense propaganda war that was waged. This mass serge of propaganda resulted in raising racial hatred among not only those fighting the war, but the civilian population as well. The eruption that would ensue, as well as the subsequent inflation of racial hate, produced one of the most brutal wars in history that would result in a political conclusion, but neglect the racial tones are still prevalent today. Ever since the early years of Japanese history, the Japanese always felt it necessary to distinguish themselves from other states in Asia- especially with China. Although Japan cons
Thanks to stereotypes brought forth substantially by propaganda, the civilians would decide to huddle around each other and commit mass suicide rather than surrendering to the Americans. I agree with his perception as well because of one very fundamental point that still drives the Japanese state of mind and perception: the sense of Japan still being a homogeneous state. In Japan, the pictures showed Americans as demons and monsters, where in the United States, Japan was being portrayed as gutless monkeys who would drive their own civilians to suicide in the name of their beloved Emperor. Countless cartoons were being drawn up on a daily basis describing the enemy in terms that would result in furthering race hate. " The Japanese response to this propaganda was the issued military book Read This and the War Is Won (Kore dake Yomeba Ware wa Kateru) . With the conclusion of the war the killing stopped, but it wouldn't stop the racial stereotypes now well established in the minds of the two sides. In the book War Without Mercy, the author expresses his belief that the racial war is still being waged and that it is just, for now, in a "latent" stage. In order to nationalize Japan into one smooth mechanism, the Japanese elite would rely upon the teaching of having "one blood" and thus one country descended from the divine lineage of the Sun-Goddess Amaterasu. In the book entitled War Without Mercy, the Japanese "invaded colonial outposts [whom] the Westerners had dominated for generations, taking absolutely for granted their racial and cultural superiority over their Asian subjects. During the years following the conquering of both China and Russia, Japan's racial superiority over the other Asians became a fundamental base for the upcoming practices during the Asia/Pacific war. Japan therefore created the Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Spear that ultimately put all of Asia under the control of Japanese. [and to let] our boys hear the Nazis and the Japs shout their own claims of master- race crud and [then] our fighting men will know why they are in uniform.
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