Contested Philippine Histories Episode 6: Was the US occupation a "benevolent" assimilation?

We enter the 20th century in this season as we talk about McKinley's Benevolent Assimilation proclamation and the underside of the US "civilizing mission" in the Philippines. What reasons did the United States use to rationalize its continued presence in the islands? Was the new colonial order "benevolent?" Let's find out.

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0:00 Introduction
0:46 The US enters the picture
2:12 US Exceptionalism
3:33 Benevolent Assimilation Proclamation
6:54 Filipino Resistance Against US
9:44 US Brutality in the Philippines
12:33 The Image of a "Benevolent" US colonialism
15:46 Summing Up
16:39 Outro and Next Episode Preview

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