...how both sides were concerned about how it would affect race relations, but the opposing sides were different because of their views in how it would affect the county’s strength and military. Those that were against Imperialising the world believed that bringing in nations like the Philippines would make racism worse in the U.S because adding an additional race. The anti-imperialists also believed that attempting to imperialize the world would spread the military too thin for it to be effective. On the other hand, the Imperialists believed that racism would improve in the U.S due to an era of good feeling in the country from wars. As for strength and military power Imperializing would bring greater strength from more land, manpower, and resources....
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...particularly the Europeans, began colonizing for different reasons, for example, finding a land for agribusiness, natural resources , a space where they can settle, enlargement of their territory and for religious causes. Amid those times, land in Europe was expensive and deficient in quantity compared with the demand, that is the reason numerous Europeans began with a victory to acquire lands that can maintain their whole economy and their whole populace. A concrete example of many colonizing that occurred way back was, when Spaniards came in the Philippines and conquered our country, the reason why Spain needed to colonize the Philippines was on account of the Philippines had a rich and agricultural area which could develop yields required for their nation. As indicated by numerous historians, the Spaniards looked for the 3 G's specifically: God, Gold, and Glory. Despite the fact that they were in charge of Christianising the Philippines, they likewise needed "Gold" (which included spices: during those times, spices are expensive as how expensive golds are) and valuable metals-- these things were considered fortunes during those times.But Spain was just one of the numerous samples of European colonizers.Britain began colonizing...
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...or people who live at the average status of life that when they go in abroad, they will get what they need, they will also support their family when it comes in financially needs. That’s why people then and until now influences those beliefs. “ I know deep down in my heart,” he wrote , “ that I am an exile in America . . . I feel like a criminal running away from a crime I did not commit. And this crime is that I am a Filipino in America. “ Overview of the Novel America Is in the Heart the autobiography of the Filipino poet and sometimes subtitled A Personal History describes his youth in the Philippines, his life in America, and his years of hardship and despair as an itinerant laborer following the harvest trail in the rural West. On how to deal and communicate with those people around him. Most importantly, Bulosan describes how American imperialism in the Philippines made the migrant experiences of Filipino's different from that of European immigrants because...
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...An American senator by the name of Albert Beveridge advocated the idea of an American Empire in the Philippines, and used a colorful combination of racism and religion to convince the American people that an empire is a good idea. Beveridge suggests that the “almighty God has marked us as his chosen people” and that the Filipinos are “not capable of self-government”. By employing racism and religion, Beveridge claims that the United States can lift the uncivilized Filipinos into a society that can rival that of the Anglo-Saxons, but as is the pattern with the previous examples, this line of reasoning was a cover-up. The importance of the Philippines in the United States economy cannot be understated, Beveridge himself claimed that “our largest trade henceforth must be with Asia”. This claim would become incredibly accurate in the coming century, for Beveridge knew that “the pacific is the ocean of the commerce of the future”. It is obvious how important it would be for the United States to control an Island nation not far from the important trade network that China and Southeast Asia present. The economic gains the United States could reap from this were massive, and Beveridge wisely disguised the economic importance of the Philippines as not only a civilizing mission but also a religious one given to the American people from god...
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...newfound land of America, the concept of "Manifest Destiny" emerged. "Manifest Destiny," is the belief that Americans are given the right to all of the land between the eastern and western seaboards. In 1983, one of the earliest cases of imperialism started with the expanding of the colonies past the Appalachian Mountains, to current day Mississippi. With the Louisiana Purchase, and the joint occupaiton of Oregon, respectively in 1803, and 1818, America's newfound imperialism continued. This expansion did not stop until they controlled the entire current day continental United States. After the expansion inside the nation, its expansionism did not stop there; the US then set its newly superior sights on the foreign countries, such as the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Guam, and Hawaii. By the time, America was full of pride, thought America itself knew what is best for the rest of the world. From the English poet Rudyard Kipling's pem, imperialists within the United States understood the phrase "white man's burden" as a characterization for imperialism that justified the policy as a noble enterprise. Both of expansionism and imperialism before and after 20th Century eventually caused conflicts. During expansionism, as they desired more free slave states, a series of violent events occurred such as the Border War. This characteristic is shown...
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...Ericka Jenn Literatures of the Philippines AB Communication October 10, 2014 Aegis Malaysia in a Filipino’s Point-of-View To have posted such a preposterous video, requires a whole lot of nerve. Moreover, it was an actual ad for a company. We do know that all types of businesses should possess a thing called “professionalism” which is also actually required as a basic necessity for the entity of a corporation. But, what did exactly happen in Aegis Malaysia’s public relations advertisement? Talking about ethics, morality and God forbid even humanity, how did Aegis Malaysia have the guts to stoop that low just to gain even more recognition? Or maybe, achieve their hidden agenda? Given this situation, a liberal Filipino would want to know the reason(s) behind the advertisement, which states the main point of this selection. I believe that it was a careless act, imprudent of ethics, and very unprofessional when seen through a person infused with the Philippines’ culture. We are often, if not all, known for the fact that we offer our pakikisama to each other. In local workplace, this is essential for a comfortable and more efficient job; internationally, our pakikisama may also result to what we are commonly known for, our being hospitable to foreigners. Through this, we were identified as one of the happiest countries. In relation to this, when we connect to a vast variety of people through many places...
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...Throughout the past years racism in the Middle East has increased dramatically, especially religious racism. Religious racism in the Middle East is more than gender or race (1). Religious racism can be found more in country like Egypt, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Lebanon (1).However some other form of racism likes ethnic can be found in many Middle Eastern countries. Religious racism has started to occur in most of the Middle Eastern country, since the invasion of Muslims people to country like Egypt and Lebanon in the seventh century. When Muslims invaded these country all the people who lived at these country were Christian, so Muslims started to collect taxes from Christian and treat them like slaves. Muslim enforced Christian to change their religious to Islam if they didn’t pay these taxes or don’t like Muslims is treatment and rule. Now day, Christian in the Middle East doesn’t pay tax to Muslim but they get less job opportunity, face a lot of difficulty if they want built churches or make some renewal to a church. For example, in Egypt, Christian need to get permission from the president of the country to built churches and after getting this permission they face a lot of trouble from the city is government. On the other hand Muslim built their praying house Mosques without facing any problem; these Mosques is build by the government and all future expenses gets funded it by the government. Also the constitution...
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...In “The Causes and Motivations for the Scramble for Africa” by Stephen Pinkerton this article, it explains that the motivations that in the late nineteenth century, that Europeans and Americans progressively believed that they were bound to extend their way of culture abroad.New Imperialism Era that Europe gained global power through expansion and colonization. They society and economy in Africa were disrupted due to settlers.The European hunger for resources and markets caused decades of armed conflicts and thousands of deaths and lastly Africa resulted in being extremely diverse. The author Pinkerton also compared the colonization of Africa to “the White Man's Burden” a poem by English man about the Philippines. 1899. About how it was the...
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...understanding of Theodore Roosevelt that he believed his race was superior than others and not everyone was equal. Zinn states, “Roosevelt called this hesitancy "a crime against white civilization.”’ And he told the Naval War College: ‘“All the great masterful races have been fighting races. . . .” (293). Since Roosevelt believed his race was superior he thought he could take control of the China, Cuba, Hawaii and the Philippians. Being White entitled you to more power. He was racist in a sense that he believed Whites were better than everyone else not just black people. My understanding of the political officials during the expansion of the United states was they were greedy and controlling. This was their ideology during the time of expansion, “ Racism, paternalism, and talk of money mingled with talk of destiny and civilization” (306). For example they used manifest destiny as...
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...Amid the 1920's racism was boundless and was practically inevitable as Blacks always got threatened not only by individuals but rather the recently rising group called the Ku Klux Klan. Individuals of various religious foundations were also being abused by these groups. Segregation happened amid the 1930s when the white and black individuals were isolated inside their group in view of their skin tone. Segregation means the separation of people due to race or color in a community. Racism is loathed or prejudice of another race or different races. Even though there was a decrease of such associations as the Ku Klux Klan discrimination was as solid as ever in the Southern states there were no laws to secure against racist or loathe groups that...
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...notice of social justice for it will raise individual development which will certainly lead to national development. In my view, social justice means the right management of laws that values equality of opportunity without favoring one party. With social justice, the rights are evenhandedly distributed for all, regardless of one's gender, religion, race, etc. There are several instances that the government is able to operationalize the provision that promotes social justice. First instance is about religion. The Philippines does not have an official religion as a result of separation of Church and the State. By this, discrimination among the people with different religions is less likely to occur. Every person in any religion has freedom to confess his beliefs without any fear of racism and punishment. The free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession without discrimination shall forever be allowed as explained in Article 3, Section 5 of the 1987 Philippine Constitution. Second instance is social justice in labor. The government promotes equal employment opportunities for all as stated in Section 3, Article XIII. Everyone has equal job opportunities; moreover, a worker has a right to be protected against unfair labor practices. Third is health-related issues. The government had already established special agencies for disabled persons since they are usually the ones who face a lot of discriminations. Government programs such as vocational skills trainings help them find...
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...stereotype. In Korea, there are many foreigners teaching English. Almost all of them are Caucasians. Because many people think that Blacks are dangerous, and not educated. Sort of the reasons could be based on some riots, and crimes by African Americans. The most important thing we have to realise in here is that the riots, and crimes have come from the history of discrimination. This text represents the African Americans’ history. I could acknowledge how they came to America, and the inhumane treatment they suffered. Also one of the most important elements I could see is ‘racism’. When people think of racism, most people’s first idea is ‘African Americans’. As this text shows us the history, we could also find the root of racism. This text illustrates the terrible slavery which is based on racial discrimination. Since every suffering African Americans went through is founded on racism, we need to focus on it. Before I went to Canada, I was a very narrow-minded person. I could not even recognise that I had a lot of stereotypes. It was surprisingly natural. Before reading this text, my personal knowledges were just two. One was that they came from Africa by force as slaves. The other was that they suffered from a lot of discrimination. I heard that they could not even get on a bus because of the only fact that they were Blacks. Also, they had no right to vote. These are all I knew about them before. According to this text, African Americans came...
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...Name: Institution: Date: 1. Horatio Greenough was the first American sculptor who had the passion of art who made the sculpture ‘Rescue’. The Rescue is a sculpture that was erected at the right of the Capitol steps. It signified the struggle for supremacy and achievement of culture, civilization and Christianity between the Indian and white man. The sculpture was brought down some time later to create room for the extension of the building. The rescue sculpture was removed in 1958, and it was never seen again. At a later time, the sculpture was crashed down by a tractor when being transported and the only piece that remained was the dog which is used for study purposes. The statue was rated as the most embarrassing statue hence it brought about controversies, it discouraged greenough’s interest in art. 2 (b). The 19 federally recognized native American tribes in southern California are; the Barona band of mission Indians, campo kumeyaay nation, inaja-cosmit band of Indians, jamul Indian, la jolla of luiseno Indians, la posta band of mission Indians, los coyotes, Manzanita band, pala band of cupeno Indians, pauma band of mission Indians, Mesa Grande band, Viejas band, Sycuan band, Santa Isabel band, san Pasqual band, Rincon band, Pala band, mesa Grande band The Chemehuevi Tribe is one of the Native American tribe in the southern California which is federally recognized. The Chemehuevi is an Indian majored term that means ‘those who play with fish’’. In the mid 18th century...
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...They could not marry to a White girl, or they could not own properties. Their wages were extreme low and work longer hours in a day in the field, and their never gain respect from white people. Their lives represent the diversity of the immigrant experience and their narratives are a way to understand ethnical identity and Filipino Americans history. What are the impacts of the US colonization on Pilipino? One of the major impacts was education. Education was one of the best ways to pacify the Filipinos. US introduced universal public education and used American system as its model and English as the language of instruction. According to Renato Constantino, was an influential Filipino historian; He was a known leftist historian of the Philippines. “Through this policy the colonial educational system became an instrument of assimilation or Americanization”. With the use of US textbooks, “Young...
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...Dance: The Forgotten Filipinos”, outlines the experiences of primarily male Filipino immigrants to the U.S in the 1920’s and 1930’s. The author did a good job showing what the Filipino went through. Like many immigrants before them, Filipino immigrants came seeking work and a better livelihood, The American Dream. Filipinos faced backbreaking work, low wages, and at time, extreme racism. On the other hand, in many ways the Filipino immigrant experiences were extremely different from that of other ethnic groups, the Chinese and Japanese immigrants. To start with, the author highlights a primary difference as the fact that Filipinos “were not foreigners” because they were from a territory acquired by America; hence, they were “American nationals” (but not citizens)(Takai, 314). Immigration is defined as the process of relocating permanently to a foreign country. So this didn’t apply to the Filipino at that time because they were just moving to a different state in the U.S.; and they wanted to just make enough money so they could return home to their family. Whereas,...
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