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Originally posted by PhDiva
"I wanted to see if the picture books I got from the U.S. Embassay were true." We all asked what picture books and he proceeded to pull out "Guides to Dealing with Black Folks" courtesy of the U.S. government. In the picture books were caricatures of Black women who had 8 breasts and a baby suckling on each one with a caption along the line of "watch out for the welfare queen!!" and other derogatory stereotypes like that. To say we were shocked and angry was an understatement

The Japanese guy also told us that his Korean friend had a similar book that portrayed Black folks as violent thugs trying to steal from Korean owned stores. The Korean "Guide to Business Ownership in Black Communities" was also published by the U.S. department of tourism and commerce. And it was like a lightbulb went off in our heads b/c we all at once started to get some clue as to why the interactions between Asians (particularly foreign born Asians) and Blacks has always been tense. The U.S. government was mass producing derogatory images of Black folks abroad and those folks were interacting with Blacks based on false information.

Can you remember any more specifics about these books or pamphlets? The reason I ask is that they might be helpful in a social anthropolgy paper I'm working on...

Basically I'm examining the covert and subversive methods used by certain "Racial Supremists or Racial Nation" organizations and movements in spreading misinformation under the guise of legitimate academics or governmental agencies... and these books may or may not be candidates for inclusion - depending on thier origins (ie. from a government agency as opposed to through a government agency). Examples of extra-national operations do exist, but are very hard to come by as most are the products of individuals and not the oganizations/movements themselves.