Uncle Sam’s Civilization Class – 36.03.IMG.014_MNK.SchoolBeginsCartoon.1899.LOC.PD.ppmsca.28668

In this depiction, the territories taken over and controlled by the US after the Spanish American War – Puerto Rico, Cuba, Guam, and the Philippines – are shown as inferior, dark, defiant, barbaric characters reflecting the racism within the pro imperialist perspective.

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The Asian American Studies Center acknowledges the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (Los Angeles basin, So. Channel Islands) and pay our respects to the honuukvetam (ancestors), ‘ahiihirom (elders), and ‘eyoohiinkem (relatives/relations) past, present, and emerging.

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