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Voters echoed this sentiment, saying they hopeto see greater activism by the Asian students'association in the future...
Despite the American alarm and anti-Japanese sentiment, a strain of ambivalence and self-criticism runs through American opinion. For one thing, anti-Japanese gestures can be very complicated in the new world. In Valley Stream, N.Y., Steve Verga sells Hondas, about 450,000 of which are now made in the U.S. annually. "When customers ask us, 'Where was this car made?' " says Verga, "we say, 'In Ohio, by American workers...
...corollary to nationalistic America First sentiment disturbs many Americans. The other day Kansas City lawyer Ilus W. Davis, a civic leader and former mayor, had lunch with two fellow Kansas City businessmen. One of them had won a contract to install a new sewer system in Cairo, and the other was offering fireproof grease to the Hungarian market. Says Davis: "If we took foreign trade out of Kansas City, we'd be in total depression in 48 hours. It has come over a long period of time, piece by piece, but we sure like...
Some Japanese believe the anti-Japanese sentiment in America is essentially racist. Kusomoto raises the question: "Most American people don't like to admit it, but racial issues have some very deep roots," he says. "Americans are seeing our successes here as Pearl Harbor II. Only this time...
...AMERICAN campaign also goes beyond bad economics--it is a not-so-subtle attempt to stir anti-Japanese sentiment. An underlying Japan-bashing theme surfaces in many Buy American advertisements...