A) strong centralization. populated by a race different from ours and more than 7.000 ol power. either in the hands of an usurper or in the govern- miles away. differing in religion and history. in color and civilization. having nothing in common with us except the desire to manage their own affairs and govern themselves as we do ourselves. We have nothing in common with the Fillpinos and never can have. because of race differences that are insurmountable. Projected into the character of the Filipino. that has become a constituent part of his nature and that of all Asiatic races through centuries of heredity. are differences of religion. civilization. and fundamentals in morals and govcrnment. These people are opposed to us in every essential of life. character. and personality. yield to us a suspicious obedience. view us with an increasing aversion. while we proclaim to them and to the world our belief in the essential principles of personal liberty. No great publicist has ever put our claim to subjugate the inhabitants of that archipelago upon any other basis than that of conquest. or that we are the trustee of a manifest destiny." Development of social life and government has a uniform basis.
Identified stereotypes
Filipinos are different from Americans in religion, history, color, and civilization.