Daily Archives: December 8, 2023


“PEARL HARBOR DAY,” COLONIAL PACIFIC WORLD WAR II ANTHOLOGY #9, December 7, 2023

Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology. TEXTS “What Happened After Pearl Harbor Is a Reminder of the Danger of Stereotypes and Conspiracy Theories” BY CHRISTOPHER MCKNIGHT NICHOLS AND CAMERON GIVENS.   lIFE (DECEMBER 7, 2023 ). https://time.com/6343399/pearl-harbor-conspiracies-crises/ In the two months since the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, the U.S. has witnessed an outbreak of antisemitic and anti-Palestinian and Islamophobic episodes. These incidents have been a painful reminder of how some Americans, in the aftermath of national or international crisis, tend to project blame onto entire identity groups, regardless of individual actions or beliefs. Such crude stereotyping has often relied […]