US Army Comic Strip: How to Spot a Jap

BigDaddy_Delta · 1 year

Do they have these about other races/nationalities too? I'm suspecting that one of my friends is a black man but I want to be sure.

BigDaddy_Delta · 1 year

I'd think the spikey hair, androgynous features, and twenty foot sword would be a tip-off.

mastodan · 1 year

I like how they pretend the Chinese look like Americans/Europeans but the Japanese are some completely different animal.

mikas36 · 1 year

It's always very important to search his G string carefully and thoroughly.

madagent · 1 year

I have already sent this to my Chinese/Japanese-American co workers in the US Army. We're all getting a kick out of this.

psychocowtipper · 1 year

"Watch out for sleeve guns and other comic strip gadgets...The Japs are experts at such stuff"

I'm just imagining a POW sneaking in a joy buzzer in his crotch and then totally fooling the guard when he shakes his hand! Classic!

Mr_McPants · 1 year

TIL where Lolapalooza came from.

Also, they forgot the part where the women have sideways vaginas.

MrProper · 1 year

Rorraparooza, shit I rose.

pelanderfunk · 1 year

The Japanese? Those sandal-wearing goldfish-tenders...

616eyz · 1 year

Mark Trail?

Frank_McGovern · 1 year

All the stuff on the top left is a pitiful transliteration of Chinese though ... Hard to explain but here is 'What do you want?' and if you listen to it it's clear that it's Chinese.

edit: left is not right.

humanspace · 1 year

G-String.

BoothWilkesJohn · 1 year

This should be in /r/history! Good find!

[deleted] · 1 year

I love these old propaganda things.

hugeD · 1 year

This is in the WWII museum in New Orleans. There is a whole section with just this stuff in it. Most of which is more WTFish than this.

fc3s · 1 year

Yeah, those "translations" in the beginning are straight up Mandarin-Chinese.

Japanese language would never be so difficult to construct in romaji.

SplurgyA · 1 year

Where's the WTF? Seems pretty sensible, even with the obvious 40s mindset...

niyrex · 1 year

You know at first I thought you we going to make a Jewish American Princess joke.

ChickenFarmer · 1 year

Now back then they still had useful comics!

mrhorrible · 1 year

Thanks for the post. Very interesting.

And besides the obvious racism, I found my self wondering just how accurate it really was. Is that really true about the wider toes due to traditional sandal wearing? I realize the practice may no longer be normal, but was there an element of truth to it at the time?

I guess I'm just saying that this pamphlet has sparked an honest curiosity about the ways people from different places differ physically.

aliveorlife · 1 year

Useful given the context of US forces trying to help keep China Chinese, at least when the nationals were in power. Read some history. And a comic would be better off giving actual pointers on what makes japs look jap because there are definitely differences.

Dovecote · 1 year

Why is 90 percent of this thread unironically praising and agreeing with this cartoonishly racist comic depicting asian people as buck-toothed, lurching, fiendishly cunning, hissing animals?

sticknmove · 1 year

That's Racist!

Chargelot · 1 year

Say what you will about this- I have extensive experience with natives of both countries (mostly just the women), and many of the points they make are true.

Mr_International · 1 year

Love the weird romanization of the Chinese sayings on the first panel.

Edit For posterity (Downvoted? Seriously? Screw you people)

Who are you? - Ni shi shei 你是谁？
What do you want? -- Ni yao shenme 你要什么？
Bring some drinking water -- Na (?Kai?) Shui lai 那水来
Bring some food -- Na fan lai 那饭来
Too many to spend the 15 minutes

badhairguy · 1 year

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WTF

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