Discrimination During Ww2

World war two brought on many conflicts to and end. Discrimination was a major concern to over come but the war has a way of changing many things. Women were no longer just housewifes working low pay women jobs. African Americans were no longer set aside because of their skin color. And many other ethnic groups were change too.

Women were the first to get the newline of life. Government officials and corporate recrutiers urged women to take jobs in defence industries, creating a new image of working women. The government had directed its publicity at housewifes, but many working women gladly gave up their jobs for higher paying work in the defence industries. Women had made up 36 precent of the labor force in 1945, compared to 24 precent at the beginning ofthe war. It was however a

bittersweet victory for women, they still faced the combined new opportunities with old constraints.

African Americans also face a new turn of events.

The African American people were pointing to parallels between anti-sentism in Germany and racial discrimination in the U.S. Mr. Du Bois said " the freedom of Negros in the southern United States, then my guns on my shoulder." Even before pearl harbor, in 1940 only 240 black men out of 100,000 people were aircraft workers. Most of them were janitors. So even though president Roosevelt wasn't fond of African American equality he didn't want the protesting and speeches getting in the way of the war effort. So he enacted executive order 8802 were it would be proibited to discriminate in the employment of workers in defence industries or government because of race.

Other ethnic groups were also affected the Mexican Americans in almost the same was as the African Americans. But due to wartimes president Roosevelt contracted hundrends of thousands of mexican labor forces in the United States. Along with the Native Americans, they were not discriminated like the others but they were used to "code talk" because of their language. The navajo tripe people communicated to the fleet commanders in the pacific.
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Women joined the workforce in large numbers during WWII, working mostly in war industries. In addition, 350,000 women enlisted in the armed forces, serving as radio operators, drivers, transport pilots, and other auxiliary positions.

African Americans supported the war effort by filling needed jobs in war industries, especially in the North, although there were many cases of discrimination. As a result, African American civil rights leaders introduced the Double V campaign: victory over fascism abroad and victory over discrimination at home. As a result of their pressure, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 8802, ordering that there be no discrimination based on race in war industries. Hundreds of thousands of African Americans also enlisted in the armed forces, where they continued to serve in segregated units. Some, like the Tuskegee Airmen, were highly decorated units.

Japanese Americans were forced into internment camps as a result of Executive Order 9066. These camps, on the West Coast and in the Southwest, were operated by the military. Although there would be future legal challenges against this order, such as Korematsu v. United States, the Supreme Court sided with the Roosevelt administration and argued that the camps were necessary in the name of national security.

Mexican Americans experienced racial strife during the zoot suit riots that erupted in Los Angeles and then spread to other cities. The fighting began between armed servicemen and Latino youth after the death of a young Latino man in an L.A. barrio; servicemen also resented the clothing of the Latino youth, which they took to be extravagant and unpatriotic during a time when the nation was rationing for the war effort.