Nakasone’s Remarks About Americans
What no one seems to realize is that Premier Nakasone’s comments about American Hispanic and black intellectual inferiority could be a blessing in disguise.
Look, we have a dangerously draining trade deficit with the Japanese, right? And so far, devaluing the dollar in relation to the yen and encouraging the Japanese to buy American have had little effect. The huge deficits remain. But now Nakasone makes his comments and Jesse Jackson plus a bunch of Latino politicians say they’re going to get their people to boycott Japanese products. TVs, cars, cameras, the whole lot. See what I’m driving at?
Nakasone’s racist statements could reduce the trade deficit much more effectively than all our other efforts so far.
JAMES IRONS
Los Angeles
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