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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>The following is <STRONG>NOT</STRONG> PC.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>The story of "Little Black Sambo" is no longer allowed in
this country, but it was very popular in the 1940's. Not only in the USA,
but also in Japan.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Prior to WWII Japan was a "closed society"; no foreigners
were allowed. The only exposure to black people the Japanese people had
was "Little Black Sambo" and stories of African cannibals.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>One day in 1946, a young girl was walking home from
school. She passed a field where American occupation soldiers were playing
baseball. One of them offered her a candy bar... he was
black!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>She envisioned herself in a big stew pot!! She ran
all the way home - screaming. She was terrified by black people for the
rest of her life.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I know this is true because she was my first wife.
She died in 1993, but not in a stew pot; cancer.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Midori Murakami</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>1935-1993</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Cecil Houk, ET1 USN Ret.<BR>PO Box 530833<BR>San Diego CA
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