Army. Throughout this war, Filipino individuals were characterized and constituted as ‘savages,’ (Kramer, 2006, Pg. 172) mostly in relation to and to juxtapose the agency of American soldiers. Filipinos were considered a class ‘beneath our notice’ (Kramer, 2006, Pg. 192), as civilized individuals fought conventional wars while savage people participated in guerilla warfare (Kramer, 2006, Pg. 172). These frameworks were simply projections that aided in constructing a hierarchy in which the racialized body is either left out of entirely or placed in the bottom ranks of. Within this sphere of domination, Filipino bodies were regarded as ‘different’ from shooting other white bodies (Kramer, 2006, Pg. 192). It was constructed as if the U.S army was fighting ‘savages’ not other soldiers (Kramer, 2006, Pg. 192), thus implementing and implicating new racial formations that were situated in a discourse of difference and ‘othering.’ Therefore, through a colonial hierarchy U.S powers were able to dictate who or what is considered ‘human,’ civilized or barbaric through the simple basis of
Army. Throughout this war, Filipino individuals were characterized and constituted as ‘savages,’ (Kramer, 2006, Pg. 172) mostly in relation to and to juxtapose the agency of American soldiers. Filipinos were considered a class ‘beneath our notice’ (Kramer, 2006, Pg. 192), as civilized individuals fought conventional wars while savage people participated in guerilla warfare (Kramer, 2006, Pg. 172). These frameworks were simply projections that aided in constructing a hierarchy in which the racialized body is either left out of entirely or placed in the bottom ranks of. Within this sphere of domination, Filipino bodies were regarded as ‘different’ from shooting other white bodies (Kramer, 2006, Pg. 192). It was constructed as if the U.S army was fighting ‘savages’ not other soldiers (Kramer, 2006, Pg. 192), thus implementing and implicating new racial formations that were situated in a discourse of difference and ‘othering.’ Therefore, through a colonial hierarchy U.S powers were able to dictate who or what is considered ‘human,’ civilized or barbaric through the simple basis of