U.S. Colonial Portrayal of Filipinos

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EXHIBITXXe-C-13JUL01-MT-KK Pusod Center in Berkeley exhibits “Colored: Black and White” a collection of posters, magazines and newspapers which show America’s colonialist attitudes at the turn of the Century. This is the cover of the Boston Sunday Globe, Mar. 5, 1899. HANDOUT PHOTO Photo: Kim Komenich

EXHIBITXXd-C-13JUL01-MT-KK Pusod Center in Berkeley exhibits “Colored: Black and White” a collection of posters, magazines and newspapers which show America’s colonialist attitudes at the turn of the Century. This circa 1899 Puck Magazine drawing shows American Indians telegraphing the Philippines with the message “Be Good or Be Dead”. HANDOUT PHOTO Photo: Kim Komenich

EXHIBITXXb-C-13JUL01-MT-KK Pusod Center in Berkeley exhibits “Colored: Black and White” a collection of posters, magazines and newspapers which show America’s colonialist attitudes at the turn of the Century. Puck Magazine, Jan. 25, 1899 featured Uncle Sam heading a class of kids representing the U.S.’s recent acquisistions. L to R, kids are the Philippines, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and Cuba. HANDOUT PHOTO Photo: Kim Komenich

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  1. Salamat/Thanks for sharing these exhibits from the old Pusod Philippine environmental and kultural center and the 2001 article by Benjamin Pimentel. There was a book published by the curators of the exhibit in 2004 called “THE FORBIDDEN BOOK”. It goes deeper into the shift in media portrayals and lays bare the racism used in many of the cartoons during the U.S. invasion of the Philippines. Here is a link to an article published about “THE FORBIDDEN BOOK” in 2014: http://asianjournal.com/lifestyle/the-forbidden-book-10-years-later/

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    KPFA Radio Producer and founding DJ of “ROOTS KOMMUNIKATIONS” Kru

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