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An internal Hollywood code that was based on, kind of, morality, as well as, anti-miscegenation laws that were happening in the United States where, you know, people, whites and people of color, were not allowed to have marital or romantic relationships in the United States. And so, they did this in order to make sure that the audiences in the conservative areas, especially the South, would not boycott or protest. They wanted to be able to reach these audiences that they knew would be against any kind of interracial romance or interracial relationship
An internal Hollywood code that was based on, kind of, morality, as well as, anti-miscegenation laws that were happening in the United States where, you know, people, whites and people of color, were not allowed to have marital or romantic relationships in the United States. And so, they did this in order to make sure that the audiences in the conservative areas, especially the South, would not boycott or protest. They wanted to be able to reach these audiences that they knew would be against any kind of interracial romance or interracial relationship
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That was an internal Hollywood code
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that was based on kind of morality
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as well as anti miscegenation laws
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that were happening in the United States where
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you know people whites and people of color
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were not allowed to have marital or romantic relationships
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in you know in the United States
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gentle orchestral music
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And so they did this in order to make sure
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that the audiences in the conservatives areas
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especially the South would not boycott or protest
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They wanted to be able to reach these audiences
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that they knew would be against
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any kind of interracial romance or interracial relationship
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Movie Summary
A history of anti-Asian racism and yellowface in Hollywood after the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack.
