Japanese in the Melting-Pot: Can They Assimilate and make Good Citizens? -1921

This is material from The American Academy of Political and Social Science, January, 1921.

1: The Japanese can't be assimilated.

2: They have a high birth rate.

3: There are economic factors involved.

4: Forget about their being assimilated. They can't, period.

5: Intermarriage is not good for the white race or the Japanese race.

1: They worship the Mikado (Emperor).

2: A Japanese source on the deity of the Emperor and his family.

1: We cannot make Christians of the Japanese.

2: Dual citizenship.

3: Japanese schools in the U.S.

1: The Japanese schools are not pro-American.

2: The Japanese keep to themselves.

3: He's talking about the group that will become known as the Kibei.

1: The Japanese in California have no desire to Americanize themselves.

2: The Japanese believe they are superior to all other races.

3: The Japanese in the U.S. who become citizens are doing so to benefit and serve Japan.



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