Manuel L. Quezon III runs down the history of the controversial “paternal-racist” phrase “little brown brothers,” first used by William Howard Taft, the Philippines’ first American governor-general.
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Learn more about Lingua Translation »Manuel L. Quezon III runs down the history of the controversial “paternal-racist” phrase “little brown brothers,” first used by William Howard Taft, the Philippines’ first American governor-general.
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Since the PDI headline we in the blogosphere kept on debating on racism and hate
where actually as MLQ3 pointed it out that the Americans meant it just as that brothers
The African Americans were not yet even brothers then so maybe we should take things on a positive note..