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The Filipino's First Bath: A Political Cartoon

This document is a political cartoon from 1899 depicting President McKinley scrubbing a Filipino man with a brush labeled "Education" while Cuba and Puerto Rico look on wearing American clothing. The cartoon portrays the imperialist view that American civilization was cleansing and civilizing the Filipino people by imposing its educational system and washing away their native identity and independence. It suggests the Filipinos lost not only their identity but also their freedom and knowledge under American rule.

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The Filipino's First Bath: A Political Cartoon

This document is a political cartoon from 1899 depicting President McKinley scrubbing a Filipino man with a brush labeled "Education" while Cuba and Puerto Rico look on wearing American clothing. The cartoon portrays the imperialist view that American civilization was cleansing and civilizing the Filipino people by imposing its educational system and washing away their native identity and independence. It suggests the Filipinos lost not only their identity but also their freedom and knowledge under American rule.

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The Filipino's

First Bath

Content Context
Inference
Analysis Analysis

Grant
Hamilton
The norms of Here President William McKinley
being The Indigenous scrubs a Filipino savage with a American Civilization not
Filipino was
brush labeled “Education” in only washed our identity
white can be the cleansing waters of
as native and pure, but
translated subjected to lack
of educational
“Civilization”. A freshly
scrubbed Cuba and Porto Rico
in the background are donning
they also washed our
freedom and knowledge
(Author)
into ruling power of new clothes decorated with the
rights. in our own countrt.
white race. U.S. stars and stripes.

June 10, 1899


In the arms of American, Filipinos Cover came from
Judge Magazine - Creation of text
never had comfort, they used and
abused, but despite of these, Filipinos
It was created at
retained their identity and became New York
The caption means
independent. “The Filipino’s First Bath: McKinley -
-‘Oh you dirty boy!’”

The purpose of this image is to show


the imperialist view in Philippine Education
system whereas the American Civilization
ruled the Archipelago.

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