[Leaning Right]

> Gotta wonder how much of that was prejudice. <

I would say none. I think it all traces back to the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. The nature of the attack really shook people up. In a way, it’s like 9/11. Many people who had no opinion about Islam before 9/11 certainly had one after 9/11.

I would also add that my father never racist terms used when discussing the Japanese. He simply hated them. And he never said a single bad thing about China or the Chinese. So nope, it’s not a racist thing. It’s a Pearl Harbor thing.

[Zhang Fei]

[I would say none. I think it all traces back to the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. The nature of the attack really shook people up. In a way, it’s like 9/11. Many people who had no opinion about Islam before 9/11 certainly had one after 9/11.

I would also add that my father never racist terms used when discussing the Japanese. He simply hated them. And he never said a single bad thing about China or the Chinese. So nope, it’s not a racist thing. It’s a Pearl Harbor thing.]

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The Chinese did not successfully cripple a Navy fleet for months. Or evict the US from the Western Pacific for years. Would he have disowned you if you had married an Oriental?