2010.54.10532

• asian american
• ethnicity and race

Poster has an image of an old political cartoon from June 10, 1899. The cartoon shows McKinley standing in a pool of water labeled "Civilization" holding a screaming, "savage" Filipino holding a spear preparing to wash the Filipino with a brush labeled "Education". In the background on the left two male figures are dressing themselves in clothing labeled "Cuba" and "Puerto Rico" and laughing while watching the scene in the water. The U.S. Capitol is in the background at the top right. Centered at the top of the cartoon is a white text box with red writing that reads "Outing Number Judge". Below the cartoon is a white bar with the photo's caption "The Filipino's First Bath. McKinley - 'Oh, you dirty boy!'". In the bottom write of the cartoon is the name "Grant Hamilton". Above the copy of the cartoon is the text "Scapegoating in a time of war" and below the cartoon is the text "Colored: black n' white Filipinos in American popular media, 1896-1907". The bottom corner of the poster attributes it to "BWF Babilonia Wilner Foundation".