"The slit-eyed, bucktooth Jap thrusting his bayonet, thirsty for blood. The inscrutable, wily Chinese Detective with his taped eyelids and wispy mustache. The childlike, indolent Filipino houseboy. Always giggling. Bowing and scraping. Eager to please, but untrustworthy. The sexless, hairless Asian male. The servile, oversexed Asian female. The geisha. The sultry, sarong-clad, South Seas maiden. The serpentine, cunning Dragon Lady. Mysterious and evil, eager to please. Effeminate. Untrustworthy. Yellow Peril. Fortune Cookie Psychic. Savage. Dogeater. Invisible. Mute. Faceless peasants breeding too many children. Gooks. Passive Japanese-Americans obediently marching off to "relocation camps" during the Second World War."

of the asian male!

of the asian female!

These images were created not to offend but more to mock the stereotypes of Asians and Asian-Americans. It is also an exploration into the history of such stereptypes and was prepared for Sociology 151s: Assimilation or Persistance of Culture for Asian-Americans.

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