Mexican-American Discrimination During Ww2 Essay
“Discrimination continued during World War II despite the patriotism of all groups of Americans”
Despite the war-time of American patriotism an alarming increase of racial stereotype continued. Xenophobia prompted discrimination against Japanese, Mexicans, and African-American during World War II. Regardless of American standards of equality, many classes of Americans, such as African-, Japanese-, and Mexican-Americans experienced severe discrimination due to conservative views on race and growing xenophobia in the middle of the Second Great War.
Like all other Americans, African-Americans wished to serve their country during World War II. A migration of black Americans traveled from the South to the North and West. The development of …show more content…
Mexican-Americans patriotically volunteered for battle and were usually put in white units, since they had fair skin. However, many soldiers reported that once people in whites units found out they were Mexican-American, they were discriminated against by being treated more harshly by higher ranked officers and they were called racial slurs. Post-war, soldiers received the same discrimination as Mexican-American citizens, and were not even as respected as white citizens, much less white soldiers. Mexican-Americans received little pay compared to whites, and at times were left out from private businesses, such as restaurants. The American GI Forum was created to make sure Mexican-American soldiers were given the rights they deserved, although it was hard to put in effect. Discrimination also occurred to the patriotic Mexican-Americans killed during the war. One example is Private Felix Longoria, a soldier killed in action in the Philippines. Private Longoria's family was told he not allowed to be buried at a certain graveyard because "whites would not like it.” U.S. Senator Lyndon B. Johnson and Hector P. Garcia, the Mexican-American World War II veteran who founded the American G.I. Forum, interfered on Longoria's
Despite the war-time of American patriotism an alarming increase of racial stereotype continued. Xenophobia prompted discrimination against Japanese, Mexicans, and African-American during World War II. Regardless of American standards of equality, many classes of Americans, such as African-, Japanese-, and Mexican-Americans experienced severe discrimination due to conservative views on race and growing xenophobia in the middle of the Second Great War.
Like all other Americans, African-Americans wished to serve their country during World War II. A migration of black Americans traveled from the South to the North and West. The development of …show more content…
Mexican-Americans patriotically volunteered for battle and were usually put in white units, since they had fair skin. However, many soldiers reported that once people in whites units found out they were Mexican-American, they were discriminated against by being treated more harshly by higher ranked officers and they were called racial slurs. Post-war, soldiers received the same discrimination as Mexican-American citizens, and were not even as respected as white citizens, much less white soldiers. Mexican-Americans received little pay compared to whites, and at times were left out from private businesses, such as restaurants. The American GI Forum was created to make sure Mexican-American soldiers were given the rights they deserved, although it was hard to put in effect. Discrimination also occurred to the patriotic Mexican-Americans killed during the war. One example is Private Felix Longoria, a soldier killed in action in the Philippines. Private Longoria's family was told he not allowed to be buried at a certain graveyard because "whites would not like it.” U.S. Senator Lyndon B. Johnson and Hector P. Garcia, the Mexican-American World War II veteran who founded the American G.I. Forum, interfered on Longoria's