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Racism

Racism

“It has been charged that our conduct of the war has been cruel…. Senators must remember that we are not dealing with Americans or Europeans. We are dealing with Orientals.”
-Albert J. Beveridge (1862-1927)

The adjective and noun Oriental, with reference to people from East Asia, is now regarded as a relic of Western colonialism and should be avoided and it is highly offensive. The preferred substitute is Asian.
So they thought that the “Orientals” were weaklings and that the Americans and Europeans were stronger. Well, Asians are far stronger than them and that is a fact.


 “There was nothing for us to do but to take them all, and to educate the Filipinos, and uplift and civilize and Christianized them, and by God’s grace do the very best we could for them, as our fellowmen for whom Christ also died.”
-Attributed to William McKinley (1843-1901)
Referring to his decision to claim the Philippine Islands.

For my own opinion, this is cracked. Philippines’ major religion at that time and up to now is Roman Catholic and there are also many Christian groups throughout the country. Christianized them? The Spaniards already done that hundreds years ago and he didn’t realize that. He sounded so foolish. I’ve seen this quote from a history book about the Filipino-American war and even though he’s dead and from the past, it still feels like it is being said every day.

Juan1996

  

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