Comments on: Jap Train Will Do 450 mph (They Say!)

By: MrG

MrG — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:48:04 +0000

Actually the usual comment was on eye orientation and parentage. Ironically I’ve read Japanese manga where a character is called a “fox-eyed wench” because of her extreme eye shape. Reminds me of some of the slam comments black GIs I knew would make about other black GIs with exaggerated black features … I wouldn’t even dare quote them. Cheers — MrG / http://www.vectorsite.net/gblog.html

By: Torgo

Torgo — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 02:10:16 +0000

“The Japanese?! Those sandal-wearing goldfish tenders?!” Or something like that.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:02:18 +0000

I knew someone would make a comment about “Jap”, it wasn’t a bad thing until some white people decided they were offended for someone and and it became offensive.
I remember an auto repair shop called “Japanese Auto Professionals” (JAP) being protested because some people needed to feel better about themselves.

By: MrG

MrG — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:45:51 +0000

People were less politically correct in those days and that wasn’t regarded as unacceptable. I still recall seeing WWII propaganda cartoons on TV in that timeframe with Popeye beating up Japanese with thick glasses and buck teeth. I even recall seeing the infamous 1943 COAL BLACK & DE SEBBEN DWARVES on TV when I was a kid … it wasn’t really mean-spirited in intent but it was extremely offensive anyway, and from 1968 it’s been hard to find. Cheers — MrG / http://gvgpd.proboards.com

By: John M. Hanna

John M. Hanna — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:19:26 +0000

“Jap” train? Apparently, the writer of this article was still a little cheesed at the Japanese 15 years after the end of WW2.