However, this isn’t because I’m trying to paint the Japanese as victims, and I’m not saying that not one Japanese person set a single foot wrong, because I know that they did many treacherous things during the war. Despite this, I want to show the attitudes held towards average Japanese citizens due to the stereotypes made about them during this time. I wish to point out that the negative stereotypes of Japan that originated around about the time of World War 2 still linger within the minds of Australians, and cause cultural intolerance and misunderstanding towards …show more content…
Sometime last year our family hosted a Japanese student for a week, and we took some photos over to show our Grandparents what a great time we all had. Looking at the photos of her, my Grandfather blurted out, “She’s pretty good-looking for a yellow-fella. Not any of those big teeth and tiny little eyes like the rest of them.” Because he’s my grandfather I couldn’t really say anything back to him, but he’d basically just stereotyped an entire nation by their