http://forwardtoyesterday.com/2008/11/03/vote/ It's hip to be moribund! Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:23:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://forwardtoyesterday.com/2008/11/03/vote/#comment-40279 bob Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:54:30 +0000 http://forwardtoyesterday.com/2008/11/03/vote/#comment-40279 I hear you, Jamie. It's kind of an ironic moment that gets me cringing slightly as well -- but when I mentioned that moment to a Japanese-American friend of mine, he kind of shrugged. There was a war going on and the term was so widely used at the time that it had probably lost all meaning right then through sheer overuse. (Although, obviously, a lot of wartime talk and propaganda was deeply racist.) Still, unconscious racism was huge right then, and I wonder if Albert Maltz and company might have been more sensitive if it had been a battle over Germany and involved "Krauts." I hear you, Jamie. It’s kind of an ironic moment that gets me cringing slightly as well — but when I mentioned that moment to a Japanese-American friend of mine, he kind of shrugged. There was a war going on and the term was so widely used at the time that it had probably lost all meaning right then through sheer overuse. (Although, obviously, a lot of wartime talk and propaganda was deeply racist.) Still, unconscious racism was huge right then, and I wonder if Albert Maltz and company might have been more sensitive if it had been a battle over Germany and involved “Krauts.”

]]> http://forwardtoyesterday.com/2008/11/03/vote/#comment-40278 Jamie Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:16:30 +0000 http://forwardtoyesterday.com/2008/11/03/vote/#comment-40278 I'm a huge Frank Sinatra fan (at the ripe old age of 25), and I've always admired "The House I Live In." The only thing is, I always cringe when he refers to 'the Japs' in what otherwise is an amazing short that is years ahead of its time. I’m a huge Frank Sinatra fan (at the ripe old age of 25), and I’ve always admired “The House I Live In.” The only thing is, I always cringe when he refers to ‘the Japs’ in what otherwise is an amazing short that is years ahead of its time.

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