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San Francisco: Japanese American Citizens League, [195-?]. Four-panel brochure, very good. Asks the reader to avoid using the term "Jap" to refer to people of Japanese background, comparing it to other racial insults. Undated, but mentions the service of Japanese Americans in the Korean War. "Why is 'Jap' not a nice word? Because it has a long, bitter history of derogatory connotations. Some may feel it is a logical contraction of 'Japanese,' unaware that for years 'Jap' was used as an insult. As used by bigots and racists intent on ridding the West Coast of the fictitious 'yellow peril,' 'Jap' became a symbol of hate and contempt. Those days are gone forever, but the expression - no matter how innocently used - still stings like a whiplash.

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Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB US (US)
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Title
Please don't!
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Publisher
Japanese American Citizens League
Place of Publication
San Francisco
Date Published
[195-?]
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Asian American history; Racism; Japanese American;

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Established in 1981 in San Francisco, we specialize in books and ephemeral materials related to the history of Labor and other social movements, including the struggles for Black and Chicano equality, the Gay liberation movement, Feminism, and Asian-American activism, as well as the Far Right. In recent years Bolerium has expanded into materials in non-western languages, especially from East Asia, and has also placed more emphasis on ephemera, with tens of thousands of original leaflets, pamphlets, and posters in stock. You can sign up for free email lists in our subject areas at www.bolerium.com. We are located in San Francisco at 2141 Mission, Suite 300 (between 17th & 18th St.). We're open by appointment only..

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