To all those who are still condemning Dr. Minigawa,
I am a MIT student who has also been protesting against this woodprints project. I am, however, completely confused about the Chinese community's hatred towards Dr. Minigawa. I strongly urge all of you to first consider the following:
1） If you have not personally seen the online project and read the text with it, do not use your imagination to fill in the blank. NOTE: you should at least try to read all the official statements from CSSA, MIT, and the profs.
2） If you read the entire thing like I had, you would have realized that the project's ultimate purpose is to portray the brutality of Japanese wartime. So do not insist that the authors are trying to discriminate against Chinese. NOTE: I'm still protesting because of the presentation of these materials, and the fact that the authors did not pay careful attention to the cultural sensitivity of Chinese people worldwide.
3） If you read the entire thing like I had, you would have found overwhemling evidence that this work was solely written by Dr. Dower （only his name on almost all pages）. Dr. Minigawa played a minor role in this unit （'Throwing off Asia'）. Also note that I read this on Sunday, before the public outcry. So this is NOT a coverup by MIT and MIT is not just trying to put an American out to protect a Japanese.
4） Dr. Minigawa has already issued quite a few statements to the Chinese community, all for a minor role he played in the work.
5） Irrational behavior like threats and hate mail are simply barbaric and completely against everything Chinese culture stands for. Anyone who does so is helping discimination by painting an ugly picture of Chinese in the minds of the American public. （Contrary to what some suggested, any reporting of this incident by western media will simply paint an ugly picture of us, due to the irresponsible reaction from a few of our community.）
Having said all that, I am glad to have seen the numerous excellent suggestions from most of the Chinese community. I look forward to CSSA's role in revising the project's presentation.
- Ed
A very puzzled protestor at MIT
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