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** Often, many Asian-Americans would wear buttons that said "I'm Chinese" (or any other Asian ethnicity) to avoid deportation. Japanese-Americans often tried to pass themselves off as such, too.
** Often, many Asian-Americans would wear buttons that said "I'm Chinese" (or any other Asian ethnicity) to avoid deportation. Japanese-Americans often tried to pass themselves off as such, too.
** ''LIFE'' magazine published an article called [http://anthropologynet.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/life-1941-jap-chinese.jpg "How to Tell Japs from the Chinese"]. The features of Han Chinese, who apparently represent all Chinese ethnicities in the article, are described as fine and graceful, while Japanese are described as mostly "aboriginal."
** ''LIFE'' magazine published an article called [http://anthropologynet.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/life-1941-jap-chinese.jpg "How to Tell Japs from the Chinese"]. The features of Han Chinese, who apparently represent all Chinese ethnicities in the article, are described as fine and graceful, while Japanese are described as mostly "aboriginal."
** Similarly, [[Time (magazine)|''TIME'' magazine]] published [http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,932034,00.html "How to Tell Your Friends from the Japs"] after the Pearl Harbor attack.
** Similarly, [[Time (magazine)|''TIME'' magazine]] published [http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,932034,00.html "How to Tell Your Friends from the Japs"] after the Pearl Harbor attack (mirror [https://smpalestine.com/2012/08/07/how-to-tell-your-friends-from-the-japs-in-time-1941-vs-turban-primer-in-redeye-2012/ here]).
* When political pundit Michelle Malkin made an argument in defense of Japanese-American internment during World War II, her critics noted that, given her Malayo-Polynesian ethnicity, she might have been lumped in with Japanese-Americans herself due to this trope. Malkin is frequently the victim of racial slurs from trolls on her site, many of which involve China or Vietnam.
* When political pundit Michelle Malkin made an argument in defense of Japanese-American internment during World War II, her critics noted that, given her Malayo-Polynesian ethnicity, she might have been lumped in with Japanese-Americans herself due to this trope. Malkin is frequently the victim of racial slurs from trolls on her site, many of which involve China or Vietnam.
* The tragic murder of [[wikipedia:Vincent Chin|Vincent Chin]], a Chinese-American who was murdered by Chrysler plant workers who blamed Japanese automakers for taking their business. The outrage over the lenient sentencing of the murderers was a catalyst for the political organization of Asians in America.
* The tragic murder of [[wikipedia:Vincent Chin|Vincent Chin]], a Chinese-American who was murdered by Chrysler plant workers who blamed Japanese automakers for taking their business. The outrage over the lenient sentencing of the murderers was a catalyst for the political organization of Asians in America.
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