Racism and the Philippine-American War

Sorry, it’s been a while! This semester has been a LOT and I’ve been making less content both for the podcast and tiktok, but I did make a video a few days back which has gone viral (viral for me anyway) and a lot of people have been asking for the resources related to my post about the Philippine-American war and the issues that racism played in justifying it.

Here are three of the posts I made about it last week, and below, I’ll post links to various resources.

@professormeredith#stitch with @Chris this is such an incredibly important part of American history and so under taught. #americanhistory #history #historytiktok #historytok #phillipines #filipinohistory

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@professormeredithReplying to @bayst8er that's a new definition of "free" for certain #americanhistory

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@professormeredithReplying to @bayst8er insurrection is an inaccurate word that implies that we had a right to be in the Philippines in the first place. Which we did not. #phillipines #americanhistory #phillipineamerianwar #history

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Resources (varying reading levels and levels of accessibility)

Anti-Filipino Sentiment of the Early 1900s - PBS

American Soldiers in the Philippines Write Home about the War

From the Philippines to Iraq Investigating Counterinsurgency Operations, Atrocity, and Race

The Filipino Genocide by Andrew Clem

Benevolent Assimilation: The American Conquest of the Philippines (book) by Stuart Creighton Miller

JSTOR articles (usually accessible through a free account)

Assuming the White Man's Burden: The Seizure of the Philippines, 1898-1902 by Mark D. Van Ells

Race-Making and Colonial Violence in the U.S. Empire: The Philippine-American War as Race War by Paul A. Kramer