CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of imperialism and genocide in text below. [Image: A question: “Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s”. The acceptable answers listed below are “World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War and (Persian) Gulf War.] tanglad: The pic above shows a question from the formal test for applicants for US citizenship: “Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.”  The brutal Philippine-American War (1899-1902), in which one million Filipinos perished in what historian Stanley Karnow describes as “among the cruelest conflicts in the annals of Western imperialism,” is not in the list of acceptable answers. I do not know if US students ever learn of the Philippine-American War. New citizens, including Filipino Americans, are certainly expected to forget this war. Part of the systematic forgetting of the conquests, massacres, and genocides on which this country continues to rest.
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CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of imperialism and genocide in text below.

[Image: A question: “Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s”. The acceptable answers listed below are “World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War and (Persian) Gulf War.]

tanglad:

The pic above shows a question from the formal test for applicants for US citizenship: “Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.”  The brutal Philippine-American War (1899-1902), in which one million Filipinos perished in what historian Stanley Karnow describes as “among the cruelest conflicts in the annals of Western imperialism,” is not in the list of acceptable answers.

I do not know if US students ever learn of the Philippine-American War. New citizens, including Filipino Americans, are certainly expected to forget this war. Part of the systematic forgetting of the conquests, massacres, and genocides on which this country continues to rest.

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