The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-16

Que ton: What is chauvinism?
What is the origin of the word,
and does it apply TO race, nation
and group, CT just to ono of these?
Understanding fairly well what
white chauvinism is, we would like
10 ask: does Negro chauvinism exist
anywhere in the world, U.S.A. in
cluded? Can we speak of yellow
chauvinism as for example with
the Japanese ruling class? Is there
Negro chauvinism in Abyszinia, for
example?
Answer: The word chauvinism is
taken from the name of Nicholas
Chauvin, French soldier in the army
of Napoleon. Chauvin was rabid
enthusiast for all Of Napoleon S
deeds, especially his military agrees
sion. For this he, was ridiculed by
his fellow soldiers. The word has
gotten to mean generally exaggerated,
or super patriotism, great military
enthusiasm, or extreme support to
the national aims of the big bosses.
The ruling class in the leading big
nations, the bankers, the industrial
lists, and their professors and press,
in order to support their policies of
enslaving colonies, have developed
the myth of white superiority. In
other words, white chauvinism is not
so much based on color differences.
1t is based on the policies Of the lead
ing imperialists to justify their en-
slavement of other nations.
Because of the fact that most
colonial peoples are either Negro or
of the colored race, white chauvinism
becomes a justification for this en-
slavement of the colored races. To
get the workers in their own coun-
try, themselves enslaved, to support
their imperialist policies, the ruling
class stir up hatred against the
colorsd races.
At the same time the various i'm
perialists spread their own particular
brands of chauvinism against each
other.
The American inperialists try to
work up a hatred against the Japa-
nese people by the cry of yellow
chauvinism" This is called the "yel-
low peril" by Hearst. They do this
in order to intensity the white chauyi-
mist spirit in the United States.
Japan, just as the other imperial
lists, follows a policy of stirring up
chauvinist feelings in order to justify
it's plumber of Manchuria and China,
as well as to stir up a war spirit for
the contest with Wall Street for
Pacific colonial robbery. Like the
white rulers in the other inperialist
countries, the japanese bosses tell
the Japanese workers that the jap
anese are a superior race. They tell
them that the Yamamoto race is
destined to rule the world. This
again proves that white chauvinism
is really imperialist chauvinism. 1t
is twisted to suit the needs Of each
imperialist power. In the case OF
Japan the main object of robbery
plumber murder and enslavement are
the Chinese people, themselves of the
yellow race.
In Japan, as in the United States
England, France, and other imperial
list countries, the scientists try tc
help their imperialists by writing
Scientific" works to whip up chauvi-
nistic feelings.
The Negro and other colored races
are oppressed as a people by the i'm
perialiss nations throughout the
world. This applies not only to the
Negro masses in the United States
The Negroes are oppressed in Haiti
in all the island colonies, in all Of
the colonies of British, French, Dutch
and Belgium exploiters in Africa. The
same is true of Abyssinia. Where
ever you find the Negro people, you