Chapter 961 960 [Black Buddies]

From the 1940 U.S. election process, it can be seen that the United States is stepping out of isolationism.

At first, there were three main contenders, Thomas Dewey and Robert Taft for the Republicans, and Wendell Wilkie for the Democrats. When Roosevelt announced his participation in the election, Wilkie, who knew he was powerless to fight, immediately defected from the Democratic Party and defected to the Republican camp.

Wilkie's popular support rate was pitifully low, but when the British and French coalition forces were defeated, he immediately killed Dewey and Taft, became the Republican presidential candidate, and reached the presidential election finals with Roosevelt.

Wilkie was able to win the Republican election because he was the only international diplomat in the Republican Party, and his opponents were all isolationists.

In other words, the 1940 U.S. election ended between two "interventionists."

This is enough to explain the choice of the American consortium and the public. Most of them support the United States going out of the Americas and actively participating in international affairs in Asia and Europe. The wind of isolationism is getting weaker and weaker in the United States.

Roosevelt and Wilkie, the two presidential candidates, have basically the same views on military foreign policy. It's just that Wilkie represented the interests of Wall Street, while Roosevelt focused on the overall development of the United States, and the two had great differences on internal affairs.

After figuring out the change in the trend of American diplomatic and public opinion, the rest is easy to understand, including Roosevelt's promise to give China a credit loan of US$100 million, and the US government media's support for Hu Shi and the China Institute's anti-Japanese propaganda activities.

The anti-Japanese propaganda performance on the weekend was very large, not only some stars would participate, but Stimson, who had just become Secretary of the Army, would also attend. This man started doing aid work to China two years ago and has always advocated the United States' participation in the war. Now he is provoking Japan in various ways as a senior American official.

Roosevelt not only did not stop Stimson's behavior, but instead regarded him as a vanguard to test and guide the active foreign policy of the United States.

Before the performance officially started, Yu Peichen brought two men home to meet Zhou Hexuan.

Yu Peichen introduced: "Brother Xuan, this is Mr. Paul Robertson, the black American singer. He is a staunch internationalist aider to China. Not long ago, he sang "March of the Volunteers" at his concert."

Zhou Hexuan shook hands warmly and said, "Hello, Mr. Robertson!"

The first sentence that Paul Robertson spoke to Zhou Hexuan was actually in Chinese. He grinned and asked, "Mr. Zhou, nice to meet you, do I speak Chinese fluently?"

"It's great. Although the tone is a bit flawed, the articulation is very clear." Zhou Hexuan praised.

"Thanks to Liu's help." Paul laughed.

The young Chinese man next to him is Liu Liangmo. He is Paul's personal Chinese teacher and taught Paul to sing "March of the Volunteers".

Liu Liangmo said with a smile: "Mr. Robertson is a language genius. It took him only three months to use Chinese for daily communication. In addition to Chinese, Mr. Robertson is also proficient in more than ten languages ​​such as English, French, Russian, and Spanish. dialect."

Paul Robertson waved his hand and said, "I just understand a little, not proficient."

The consistent image represented by black people is rude, stupid, good at singing and dancing, and good at long-distance running, but there will still be a few people with superior IQs. For example, the black singer in front of me has fully utilized his language talent. He has a master's degree in Columbia law and has learned more than 20 languages ​​in his later years.

Hilariously, Paul started out as a professional actor, gaining widespread recognition for his performances in both film and theater - which was very difficult in the 1920s. As a result, this professional actor who graduated from the law department became a famous black singer with his super racial talent, but people ignored his identity as an actor.

By the way, the African-American singer also participated in the Spanish Civil War a few years ago, and publicly supported the Chinese War of Resistance three years ago.

After the founding of New China, Paul Robertson called Taizu at the first time to express his heartfelt congratulations, and accepted the invitation of the Chinese representative, agreeing to visit and perform in China. As a result, his passport to go abroad was revoked by the US government...

When the diplomatic situation of New China was at its most difficult, Paul wrote in "A Letter to the Chinese People": "Your great country is one of the cradles of human civilization, and also one of the great countries of today and the future. I look forward to the day when I can come to your country and pay my respects to you, I hope this day will come soon, this is a happy day that I am looking forward to."

It is a pity that when New China and the United States formally established diplomatic relations, this venerable black brother had already passed away, and he never had the opportunity to set foot on Chinese soil throughout his life.

As for his Chinese teacher, Liu Liangmo, who later participated in the first CPPCC meeting, was one of the proposers of the new Chinese national anthem, and sang "March of the Volunteers" for most of his life.

Liu Liangmo shook hands warmly and said, "Mr. Zhou, it's a pleasure to see you again."

Zhou Hexuan couldn't remember, and asked, "Have we met before?"

Liu Liangmo said: "Three years ago, I met you at an event held by the Shanghai National Salvation Federation from all walks of life. I was one of the executive committee members of the National Salvation Association at that time. We even took a group photo after the event. You sat in the center of the first row. , I'm on the far left in the first row."

"So that's how it is, good to meet you, good to meet you!" Zhou Hexuan said with a smile.

Liu Liangmo's identity during the Anti-Japanese War is very interesting. He was known as the "cheerleader who saved the nation and survived." In 1935, he organized a singing club with thousands of members, singing patriotic anti-Japanese songs. When the full-scale Anti-Japanese War broke out, he led people to various fronts to carry out anti-Japanese propaganda and military labor activities with singing. When Duke Zhou inspected the New Fourth Army last year, he watched Liu Liangmo's singing performance and spoke highly of his patriotic behavior.

Unfortunately, Liu Liangmo not only sang anti-Japanese songs, but also sang many revolutionary and patriotic songs. The national government was very dissatisfied with this, and last summer it actually detained Liu Liangmo. With the help of the YMCA, he regained his freedom and was sent to the United States to seek refuge and study.

Yu Peichen said: "Mr. Liu is now the leader of the singing group of our China Institute, responsible for organizing singing performances for anti-Japanese propaganda activities. Thanks to his adaptation of Chinese anti-Japanese songs into English songs, the American audience can be more deeply impressed. Understand the enthusiasm of the Chinese people for the War of Resistance.”

Liu Liangmo said modestly: "I just did what I could. The anti-Japanese fighters on the front line are the real heroes."

Zhou Hexuan said: "If everyone can make a small contribution, then the 400 million people will gather great strength, so why worry about not being able to defeat the Japanese invaders?"

"Mr. Zhou's words are really good," Liu Liangmo said, "I am going to cooperate with Mr. Robertson to release a record of Chinese anti-Japanese war songs in the United States. "On the Songhua River" and "My Motherland" created by you will also be included in it. The income from the record The profits are all used as donations for the Anti-Japanese War, I am afraid I cannot pay you the copyright fee, I hope you can understand."

Zhou Hexuan said: "It's no problem. If there is no record company willing to help with production and distribution, then I can pay for the production cost, and I will also ask my publishing company to help with distribution."

Paul Robertson exclaimed: "You are a generous patriotic gentleman."

Zhou Hexuan said: "Your internationalism is more respectable."

Paul Robertson said: "Mr. Zhou, I am your loyal fan. The songs "On the Songhua River" and "My Motherland" are so beautiful, especially "My Motherland", which I just learned some time ago, and I can't wait to play it." To perform at a concert."

"That's my honor." Zhou Hexuan said with a smile.

Paul Robertson added: "I have read your masterpiece "Guns, Germs, and Steel" repeatedly, and I very much agree with your views in the book. You are the first to publicly expound on racial equality in your writings, and think that blacks and An internationally renowned scholar who is as good as other races. If possible, I hope you can write a monograph on the history of black people in the future."

Zhou Hexuan said: "When China wins the War of Resistance, I think I will write."

"Then come on," Paul Robertson sighed, "whether in Europe or America, the status of black people is very low. When I was in middle school, including me, there were only two black students in the whole school. Just because of skin color Not the same, I couldn't do this, I couldn't do that, I couldn't even fight back in school. I couldn't join the school choir when I was at Jester University because I was black. I didn't get a chance until Columbia University Singing, it was an unpleasant experience.”

Zhou Hexuan said: "The United States is a multiracial country. Blacks, Chinese and Jews are all severely discriminated against. Jews have gradually been recognized by mainstream society by virtue of their economic status and white advantages, but they still need more rights. Blacks want to fight for For racial rights, the most sensible approach is to choose to cooperate with the Jews and strengthen exchanges with the Chinese community. The disadvantaged races need to unite to have strength."

Paul Robertson asks: "Do you have any advice on this?"

Zhou Hexuan said: "It is an inevitable trend for the United States to participate in the world war. At that time, you can be more high-profile, stand up and call on blacks to defend the country, and form black patriotic groups. This is a very critical first step, because only hard work will be rewarded, and patriotic Behavior will surely win the affirmation of mainstream American society. After the victory of the war, black people paid their blood and lives for the country, then you have a reason to seek racial rights. They all shed blood and sacrificed for the country, why are some restaurants not allowing black people to enter? ?”

Paul Robertson nodded and said, "That's the truth. Thank you very much for Mr. Zhou's guidance."

Zhou Hexuan said with a smile: "At that time, I can cooperate with you in publicity, such as investing in the adaptation of "12 Years a Slave" into a movie."

"I look forward to that day." Paul Robertson said happily.

After the war, African Americans were bound to start a racial movement, which was eventually secretly manipulated by the Jews as an affirmative movement. Historically, both Jews and blacks have benefited from this movement, but Chinese Americans have nothing to gain. At that time, Zhou Hexuan can also get involved, not only to film "12 Years a Slave", but also to make the story of Chinese laborers into a movie, and join hands with Hongmen to lead the Chinese to participate in the affirmative action movement.