Political Cartoon Lesson! (A political cartoon lesson)
Political cartoons are a powerful forum for dissent. After some incident in 1941 drew the United States into war against Japan, Japanese-Americans were forced to live in internment camps. Though the government degraded and stereotyped Japanese-Americans, this cartoon reminds us that there were those who felt differently, who recognized that the Japanese were at least as deserving of this country’s freedoms and opportunities as almost most of its other peoples.
from the People’s Press, 1942
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January 7th, 2008 at 6:41 am
wow ur a loser that didnt even make sense
February 6th, 2008 at 12:41 am
Uhm.
Doesn’t that just reinforce Japanese stereotypes?
And in Japanese, there is no definite “L”. So I can’t see any Japanese-speakers saying “Intelment”.
Oh, and this is racist.
February 6th, 2008 at 9:46 pm
Anonymous. What is that? Some kinda Greek name? Having fun at the toga party? Ha! Ha! Um…Having fun with uh your columns and scrolls? Ha! Ha! Ha!
March 6th, 2008 at 6:50 am
that is really racist.
what do you have against japanese.
and at least they can speak a little english.
March 6th, 2008 at 11:11 am
Kissmyassuracistbastard. What is that? Some kinda Czech/Welsh name? Having fun doing all your stereotypically Welsh stuff, huh? Ha! Ha! Um…having fun doing the Czech things? Ha! Ha!
March 14th, 2008 at 9:19 am
you are sooo mean
March 15th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
ahahaha, now THATS funny. [sarcasm] actually, im chinese and i dont really like japs, but this comics just plain dumb. whats the point? wat a waste, cant believe it managed to get on a website lmao.
March 16th, 2008 at 8:04 pm
Dah Wei Lee. What is that? Some sort of Chinese name? Having fun going to McDonalds? Ha! Ha! You gonna um… go to Borders to get some books? Ha! Ha! Have fun going to the movie theater to watch films! Ha! Ha!
March 27th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
hahaha i hate black people
April 4th, 2008 at 7:00 am
This is an awful cartoon. The sympathizing statement at the top is contradicted by the drawing below it. The drawing depicts a CHINESE stereotype- I can’t even begin to describe how horrifically racist that is.
Someone is obviously getting their Asian cultures mixed up.
何とひどいこと…
April 16th, 2008 at 10:13 am
oh my god this is the funniest shit eva XD
May 5th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
this is actually really funny
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:23 pm
Ok so, Dirk I’ve been reading all your comments and your really funny. Also, for all you people that are saying this is racist and all should just shut up. This is a political cartoon and its supposed to either make you mad, happy or any other emotion.
July 17th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
Racism! a game for the mixed race family!
Now thats both sarcastic and funny dont you think!
August 19th, 2008 at 10:46 pm
youre a fricken douche bag! like my grandparents were sent to those camps…racist doesnt even cut it. get something better to do, like get a fricken life.