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World War IIRacism & Propaganda
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Propaganda
1.Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.
2.The dissemination of such information as a political strategy.
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Posters, Songs, & Rallies
•Office of War Information 1942-1945•Encouraged Americans to support the war in many ways
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Anti-Japanese Propaganda• Newspapers, magazines, posters, and films portrayed the
Japanese as evil monsters and monkeys—the Japanese were dehumanized as America’s enemy.
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History
• Anti-Japanese sentiment existed during the yellow-peril of the late 19th Century, rose to new heights during WWII, and during the 1980s.
• Magazines, newspapers, and government agencies, fueled the anti-Japanese sentiment during the Second World War.
• Life Magazine, May 1944
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Racist anti-Japanese propaganda during World War II relied on the notion that race was a biological construction, and that there were biological differences between the Japanese and Chinese races, even down to the amount of facial hair they’re able to grow (see Life Magazine above)..
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December 22, 1941
Time Magazine“How to Tell Your Friends From
the Japs”
“Japanese—except for wrestlers—are seldom fat; they often dry up and grow lean as they age.”
“Japanese are hesitant, nervous in conversation, laugh loudly at the wrong time.”
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Government & Hollywood• President Roosevelt set up the Office of War Information
(1942-1945)• Bureau of Motion Pictures• Frank Capra, director, worked directly under George
Marshall to promote the war
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Movie clips• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNI4LBnMuzk• Why We Fight• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMTLMPcyprg • (Donald duck)• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4UPQ9-jw6M • (Bugs Bunny)• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rn-YxDB2FOc• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au8Ynh-AREQ• Purple Heart (1944)• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKqDD30s3co• Gung Ho (1943)
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Movie Clips• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-lQ3BrzQO4• Government film 1945