Bloodline Quotes
Often cited as a Japanese Proverb, however, there is no evidence of its general use. The quote can be traced to Georges Maget, a French Naval doctor in the 1870’s – see the article link in the citation. Magets reference to “black blood” is likely rooted in the French historical slang “sang noir,” which was used to describe non-noble blood.
This law was the excuse that was used by the racists of the 1920s to deny Japanese the right of American Citizenship and to inter them on the West Coast in WWII. The concept of Dual Citizenship which was so common in America after WWII was then anathema on the grounds that Americans cannot have dual loyalties. The anti-Japanese American forces claimed that since Japanese are always Japanese citizens even if born in America. Therefore, they are not to be trusted.
Many Republicans called the Presidential Assistant a “son of a bitch”. The Democrats of the day, actually did not mind that and used it and epithets against the President to campaign on illustrating the animus of the wealthy towards the reformers who wanted to improve the lot of the majority of Americans.
