Re: [ARSCLIST] The Incompetence at ENHS

[Mike Loughlin <mikel78_rpm@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Exactly my point. Of course they  want it out.  Then in that case does the 
US government want it out also?
The recordings from 1888-1929 are probably the most revealing information 
about the development of racial attitudes in the United States.

If everyone had simple access to them, they would have a better 
understanding of the situation.




> From: David Breneman <david_breneman@xxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] The Incompetence at ENHS
> Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 10:12:10 -0800
>
> --- Mike Loughlin <mikel78_rpm@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > ...the record I just put on was "You're
> > a Sap Mr.
> > Jap".  Do you think the Sony Corporation really wants this record
> > to see the light of day again?
>
> There's a very strong undercurrent of moral relativism in
> current Japanese discourse on WWII -- ie, "Sure, we had the
> Bataan Death March, but the US had internment camps."  So,
> yeah, if it played into this interpretation of history I
> can see them wanting to release materials that made the
> US look racist.
>
> David Breneman         david_breneman@xxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
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