Q8. In my opinion, after the Japanese had won the Russo-Japanese War, the stereotypes towards the Japanese were drastically changed. Going into the Russo-Japanese War, everyone already had in their mind what they thought was going to happen. However, they would all be proven very wrong. You could have asked anyone and they would have said that the Russian would win for sure. None of the European nations thought for one second that the Japanese would win against Russia. In the European people's minds, how could the Japanese win? They thought that all odds were stacked against the Japanese. Surely nobody could defeat the great, almighty, and powerful Russia. Everyone had already judged the Japanese before the war had begun. The Russo-Japanese War would prove the stereotypes wrong.
Before the Russo-Japanese War, there was an ongoing myth that the Westerners had created and believed in. The myth was that many Westerners believed that white peoples were the superior race. The belief could be backed up by the success of the European colonialism. Adding to this, it could be reinforced by the imperialism …show more content…
The myth that whites people were the superior race had been proven wrong. The Japanese had shown Europeans that people of other races were equally the same when it came to modern warfare. However, the Japanese military led the Westerners to a different form of racism. The west had now imagined the Japanese and Chinese joining together and defeating the European nations. The Westerners turned the racist fear into the yellow peril. This new racist title influenced the world politics for many decades. As you can see, the Japanese winning the Russo-Japanese War both exploded and created new stereotypes. They had proven that white was no longer the superior race in modern warfare. However, at the same time the made a new racist name for themselves, the yellow
Before the Russo-Japanese War, there was an ongoing myth that the Westerners had created and believed in. The myth was that many Westerners believed that white peoples were the superior race. The belief could be backed up by the success of the European colonialism. Adding to this, it could be reinforced by the imperialism …show more content…
The myth that whites people were the superior race had been proven wrong. The Japanese had shown Europeans that people of other races were equally the same when it came to modern warfare. However, the Japanese military led the Westerners to a different form of racism. The west had now imagined the Japanese and Chinese joining together and defeating the European nations. The Westerners turned the racist fear into the yellow peril. This new racist title influenced the world politics for many decades. As you can see, the Japanese winning the Russo-Japanese War both exploded and created new stereotypes. They had proven that white was no longer the superior race in modern warfare. However, at the same time the made a new racist name for themselves, the yellow