Persecution and Prejudice of Asian Migrants Via Propaganda
Propaganda comes in many different forms, but the historical pieces of propaganda analyzed will be political posters in the past two centuries pertaining to hateful messages sent about Asians. Following that, there will be a video clip showing a contemporary form of propaganda that serves essentially the same purpose in scapegoating Asians and bringing about hateful acts towards them.
The sources above, from left to right, demonstrate the different forms of institutional/structural forms of scapegoating that had occurred in the past two centuries against Asians **See descriptions in gallery. The clip above featuring Donald Trump is a recent form of political scapegoating, particularly medical scapegoating, that had occurred against Chinese in America. This had ultimately the effect of increasing hate crimes against Asians nationwide.
Effects:
“When the larger structural political system deems them as disposable, then the same dehumanizing effects trickle downstream towards the entire majority group that also view Asians in the same light, leading to an increased vulnerability to racially motivated aggravations towards Asians and heightened levels of fear and anxiety among the victims (Alnas-Smiley et. al, 2022)”
“Simple exposure to the stereotypes through media about one’s racial group are said to generate the same racism-related stress in individuals (Miller, 2011).”
Notes
From Left to Right:
Propaganda 1: Magazine, S. (2020). The long history of blaming immigrants in times of sickness. Smithsonian.com. Retrieved December 16, 2022, from https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/long-history-blaming-immigrants-times-sickness-180976053/
Propaganda 2: A statue for our harbor. History Teaching Institute. (n.d.). Retrieved December 17, 2022, from https://hti.osu.edu/opper/lesson-plans/immigration/images/a-statue-for-our-harbor
Propaganda 3:Don't save his face--every blow counts in the battle for production / Packer. The Library of Congress. (n.d.). Retrieved November 19, 2022, from https://www.loc.gov/item/90712739/
Propaganda 4: Curt Teich & Co.: publisher. (n.d.). Anti-Japanese postcard. Honnold Mudd Library. Special Collections. https://jstor.org/stable/community.31046445
Media 5 (Video): Google. (n.d.). Google search. Retrieved November 19, 2022, from https://www.google.com/search?q=donald%2Btrump%2Bchina%2Bvirus%2Banti%2Basian%2Bhate%2Bcrimes&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS915US915&source=lnms&tbm=vid&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiA8tGnvLn7AhUCQTABHTejCFsQ_AUoAnoECAEQBA&biw=1440&bih=821&dpr=2#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:03ad532a,vid:VgcYiSGI9Iw
Quote 1: Alnas-Smiley, K., Huey, M., Valmores, N., & Moni, S. (2020, November 10). Impact of coronavirus on services to survivors of intimate partner violence: A look at my sister's House. Journal of Asian American Studies. Retrieved November 19, 2022, from https://muse.jhu.edu/article/772572/pdf
Quote 2: Miller, M. J., Yang, M., Farrell, J. A., & Lin, L. L. (2011). Racial and cultural factors affecting the mental health of Asian Americans. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 81(4), 489–497. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1939-0025.2011.01118.x
Now on to the traumas associated with war, which compounded with the traumas due to hate crimes and threats from propagandas…
