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“HOW TO SPOT A JAP” — Milton Caniff, for the US Army Special Service Division, 1942.

A comic strip included in the first edition of “A POCKET GUIDE TO CHINA”, a 75-page booklet distributed to US Army and Navy servicemen during their stay in China during World War II. “HOW TO SPOT A JAP” did not appear in subsequent printings.

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Y’know, I can’t actually see a way to this being offensive. That man is an Australian, looking dignified, and is holding a glass of wine in a fine dining context. I don’t think there’s a “whiskey-drinkin’ indian” sort of stereotype being exploited or perpetuated here. It’s just use of an iconic image. If they were advertising unleaded petrol, that would be unacceptable. In case you were wondering, their website presents “Australian fine dining” as a “fusion cuisine” of Asian and Mediterranean background, with a focus on Australian animals and seafood. That’s … pretty good, actually. Though apparently Afghan camels are quintessentially Australian. I guess they aren’t as numerous in Denmark.

Y’know, I can’t actually see a way to this being offensive.

That man is an Australian, looking dignified, and is holding a glass of wine in a fine dining context. I don’t think there’s a “whiskey-drinkin’ indian” sort of stereotype being exploited or perpetuated here. It’s just use of an iconic image.

If they were advertising unleaded petrol, that would be unacceptable.

In case you were wondering, their website presents “Australian fine dining” as a “fusion cuisine” of Asian and Mediterranean background, with a focus on Australian animals and seafood. That’s … pretty good, actually. Though apparently Afghan camels are quintessentially Australian. I guess they aren’t as numerous in Denmark.

(Source: gatic)

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PRIMATES: A. PROSIMII. B. ANTHROPOIDEA A (I). Tree shrew (Tupaia glis). A (2). Lemur (Galago). A (3). Tarsier (Tarsius bancanus). B (4). Cercopitheque monkey (Guenon, Cercopithecus wolfi). B (5). Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes). B (6). Australian aboriginal A very tactful plate from volume three of the 1965 Reader’s Digest Great Encyclopaedic Dictionary. At least this was in the anthropology section.

PRIMATES: A. PROSIMII. B. ANTHROPOIDEA

A (I). Tree shrew (Tupaia glis). A (2). Lemur (Galago). A (3). Tarsier (Tarsius bancanus). B (4). Cercopitheque monkey (Guenon, Cercopithecus wolfi). B (5). Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes). B (6). Australian aboriginal

A very tactful plate from volume three of the 1965 Reader’s Digest Great Encyclopaedic Dictionary. At least this was in the anthropology section.

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