试述美国历史上的两次抵制日货运动

Two Anti-Japanese Boycott Movements in American History:A Comparison

美国历史上的两次抵制日货运动,第一次发生在20世纪30年代,第二次发生在20世纪70年代中期到90年代初。通过比较分析,可以发现:第一次抵制日货运动以抗议日本侵略中国为主题,是在亚洲与世界和平受到日本军国主义严重威胁的情况下爆发的一场正义群众斗争;与此相反,第二次"抵制日货"运动却有着一定的盲目性,也带有美国种族主义的痕迹。

This article compares and contrasts two Anti -Japanese Boycott movements in the 20th century of the United States of America. While one Anti - Japanese Boycott movement took place in the 1930s, the other was between mid - 1970s and the beginning of 1990s. These two movements are sharply different in terms of processes, participants, and results. The theme of the earlier movement was to protest Japanese aggression in China. It was a just mass movement at the time when Japanese militarism endangered the peace of the world in general and of Asia in particular. On the contrary, the other so - called Anti - Japanese Boycott movement did not have such a justified aim. Indeed, it was a wrong approach to solve the problems in American society, and it was plagued by American racism against Asians.