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The people of the yellow race have slanting eyes, coarse black hair, flat faces and short skulls...the people of the yellow race living on the islands of Japan have made more progress than any other branch of the race. They are eager to learn how the white men do all kinds of work, and they been wise enough to adopt many of the customs of the white race. (Ozeki 150)Thoughts:
I was extremely angry when I read this part of the chapter. From the way the words are worded, it sounds as if the Asian American race were inferior to the white race. That Asian Americans are extremely successful and more progressed today because they have learned all that they know from "white men". It sounds that the white man always does the right thing, even when it comes to their customs, and that every other ethnicity should learn from them.
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