During and after the Meiji Restoration, the Japanese were subjugated to racism on a global level and deemed inferior by their western counterparts and led to a reactionary anti-western stance. ... These things displayed the kind of racism held by the public that became easily acceptable during the course of the war. ...
If you don't interpret the situation that way, but deem that she is willingly giving herself to him, she gives the impression of her being a "slut" or "easy." ... They are implying that it is acceptable for people of different races to be together. ...
According to Richard Rodriguez, who wrote "Blaxicans and Other Reinvented Americans", assimilation occurs when people (immigrants) acquire the culture of a group (Americans), becoming more like that group. Rodriguez states, "I am in favor of assimilation. I am not in favor of assimilation. I recogni...
