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Assimilation of the Masses!

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Original – Caricature showing Uncle Sam lecturing four children labelled Philippines (who appears similar to Philippine leader Emilio Aguinaldo), Hawaii, Porto[sic] Rico and Cuba in front of children holding books labelled with various U.S. states. In the background are an American Indian holding a book upside down, a Chinese boy at the door and a black boy cleaning a window. Originally published on p. 8-9 of the January 25, 1899 issue of Puck magazine.

Reason

Here be a political cartoon from the early days of American Imperialism depicting the eponymous Uncle Sam as a school teacher attempting to pound to the politically acceptable version of U.S. History into a group of children representing recent U.S. Political conquests in Central and South America as well as parts of the Asia Pacific region. Racial and ethnic stereotypes are played to in an attempt to illustrate the greater good that can be found in the United States' decision to assume control of the countries and peoples in question.

Articles in which this image appears

American imperialism, Puck (magazine), Territory of Hawaii

FP category for this image

Best guess is Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Culture and lifestyle

Creator

Louis Dalrymple (1866-1905), artist; Puck magazine, publisher

• Support as nominator – TomStar81 (Talk) 10:18, 23 February 2017 (UTC)
• Comment These cartoons don't seem to be core to the articles they appear in. Charlesjsharp (talk) 12:23, 23 February 2017 (UTC)
  • @Charlesjsharp: I assume by the above comment you are referring to FPC point #5 (Adds significant encyclopedic value to an article)? If so then then that would be true of the use of the image in the articles Puck (magazine) and Territory of Hawaii, however with regards to American Imperialism the toons do demonstrate the mindset of the U.S. with regards to white mans burden and the idea of racial and ethnic supremacy at the time, along with the U.S. can do attitude before the 1960s and the counter culture ideologue really took root in the country. TomStar81 (Talk) 06:21, 24 February 2017 (UTC)
• Support – Jobas (talk) 10:09, 24 February 2017 (UTC)
• Support. Very interesting cartoon. --Gnosis (talk) 17:45, 2 March 2017 (UTC)
• Support lNeverCry 03:56, 5 March 2017 (UTC)

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 12:15, 5 March 2017 (UTC)

• Didn't reach the necessary quorum for promotion. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 12:15, 5 March 2017 (UTC)