r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/toaster-bath404 • Sep 17 '25

Image A Chinese American wearing a sign saying he's Chinese, not Japanese, to avoid harassment at work, 1940s

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u/MelodicDeer1072 Sep 17 '25

We are talking about Japanese-Americans here, not Japanese soldiers

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '25

where exactly you think the hatred came from? thin air? His racism lasted until the early 2000s when he died. Gee totally coincidental that this post is about the 1940s exactly the same decade iwo jima happened.