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A 5 page research paper that discusses the “reverse course” in US policy towards Japan that characterizes the US occupation after World War II. The writer also provides sociological background to this period. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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the other through a lens that was colored by racial bias and a firm belief in their own nations particular superiority. The transformation that changed stereotypical thinking and bias in
both countries came about largely because of the history of the US occupation of Japan, which began after the conclusion of the war in the Pacific and lasted until April
28, 1952 (Lu 459). The following examination of this period focuses specifically on the "reverse course" in US policy toward Japan that occurred during the occupation and how this affected
the Japanese society and its people. However, before looking at this factor directly, it is helpful to examine the background sociological context in which this transformation took place. Prior
and during World War II, both the Japanese and Americans perceived each other in a manner that was characterized by racial fear and hatred, as each side perceived their respective
enemy as "Other" and, therefore, inferior to themselves. In this "truly savage war," atrocities "played a major role in the propagation of racial and cultural stereotypes," as creation of these
stereotypes "preceded the atrocities" (Dower 73). The popular press in both Great Britain and the United States pictured Japanese as being less than human. A 1942 issue of Punch
pictured Japanese soldiers as monkeys in military garb and machine guns, swinging through the trees (Dower 183). Likewise, the Japanese saw images that demonized their enemy. In a 1942 issue
of Manga, there is cartoon in which the "purifying sun of Japanese glory" is seen dispelling the "ABCD powers," as American and Britain are shown as "thugs"; China is a
"sprawling figure," with a "stubby tail" and all that "remains of the Dutch is a wooden shoe" (Dower 192). The psychological results of belief in such stereotypes can be
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