Ruth Lee, a Chinese-American woman, flying the flag of China while at the beach to avoid being mistaken for Japanese, Miami, USA, WW2, December 15, 1941
Ruth Lee, a Chinese-American woman, flying the flag of China while at the beach to avoid being mistaken for Japanese, Miami, USA, WW2, December 15, 1941
It’s cute that she believes racists will even recognize the flag.
Funny(?) enough, efforts by Chinese-Americans to differentiate themselves from Japanese-Americans to the racist majority of the US were largely successful during WW2.
I would use 'funnily' in that context.
As for the rest, the US actively supported China while the Japanese were invading. Doolittle's Raid, for example, overflew the Japanese islands, dropped some bombs, and then landed in China, because they wouldn't have had enough fuel to turn around and go home. China was essentially an ally in WWII.
This seems wild to me. So they seem some guy using chopsticks and they're like "git him, oh wait hold on...raw fish: Japanese, fried rice: Chinese. Wait what did Ruth say about noodles... Flat noodle, Chinese foodle, noodles in broth or round, go get that clown."