Lured by the American Dream: Filipino Servants in the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard, 1952-1970 Paligutan P. James
Lured by the American Dream: Filipino Servants in the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard, 1952-1970 Paligutan P. James Starting in 1952, the United States Navy and Coast Guard actively recruited Filipino men…
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Lured by the American Dream: Filipino Servants in the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard, 1952-1970 Paligutan P. James
Starting in 1952, the United States Navy and Coast Guard actively recruited Filipino men to serve as stewards--domestic servants for officers. James Paligutan's story of the critical role played by Filipino sailors in putting an end to race-based military policies. Oral histories and detailed archival research inform P.
Their actions had a decisive impact on seagoing military's elimination of the antiquated steward position. Constrained by systemic exploitation, Filipino stewards responded with direct complaints to flag officers and chaplains, rating transfer requests that flooded the bureaucracy, and refusals to work. Paligutan looks at these Filipino sailors as agents of change while examining the military system through the lens of white supremacy, racist perceptions of Asian males, and the motives of Filipinos who joined the armed forces of the power that had colonized their nation.