Minorities on the Homefront during WWII
1940-1945 ( Social )
Mexican- Americans experience on the home front during WWII.....In Los Angeles, California a series of riots broke out that involved whites and latino youths running around wearing zoot suits. Army men stationed in Southern California did not like Latinos roaming around in suits that weren't seen as suitable during wartime. Los Angeles, with the highest concentration of mexicans outside of Mexico, were separated into the worst and oldest parts of the city. In addition to that they were segregated with jobs as well, they had the lowest paying jobs. They were talked about and made look bad in propaganda by the whites. That's why there was so much tension between the whites and the Mexicans, latinos. The Sleepy Lagoon Murder, created a different view of Mexican youths, worst than the previous one. This created problems with police and the media who had a negative view of Mexicans although the Sleepy Lagoon Murder was overturned and showed that it wasn't the young Mexicans who were guilty. The Zoot Suit riots brought together Mexicans and Black, to go against the White Servicemen. When the riots began, many sailors and white servicemen would get into altercations with young Mexicans in the street and would assault the young Mexican teenagers they would see walking, as they would be marching down the streets of Los Angeles.
African- American experience on the home front during WWII... They created the “Double V” campaign to have two things to motivate them to victory, they were fighting against facism and segregation in the country they lived in and served for. Many people on the home front were starting to protest against segregation of blacks. March 1941, Randolph marched and wanted to get black people hired. He influenced FDR to set Executive Order 8802 to stop discrimination in government hiring. That created more jobs and equality for blacks but they were still being discriminated. The working positions were now higher and more
Mexican- Americans experience on the home front during WWII.....In Los Angeles, California a series of riots broke out that involved whites and latino youths running around wearing zoot suits. Army men stationed in Southern California did not like Latinos roaming around in suits that weren't seen as suitable during wartime. Los Angeles, with the highest concentration of mexicans outside of Mexico, were separated into the worst and oldest parts of the city. In addition to that they were segregated with jobs as well, they had the lowest paying jobs. They were talked about and made look bad in propaganda by the whites. That's why there was so much tension between the whites and the Mexicans, latinos. The Sleepy Lagoon Murder, created a different view of Mexican youths, worst than the previous one. This created problems with police and the media who had a negative view of Mexicans although the Sleepy Lagoon Murder was overturned and showed that it wasn't the young Mexicans who were guilty. The Zoot Suit riots brought together Mexicans and Black, to go against the White Servicemen. When the riots began, many sailors and white servicemen would get into altercations with young Mexicans in the street and would assault the young Mexican teenagers they would see walking, as they would be marching down the streets of Los Angeles.
African- American experience on the home front during WWII... They created the “Double V” campaign to have two things to motivate them to victory, they were fighting against facism and segregation in the country they lived in and served for. Many people on the home front were starting to protest against segregation of blacks. March 1941, Randolph marched and wanted to get black people hired. He influenced FDR to set Executive Order 8802 to stop discrimination in government hiring. That created more jobs and equality for blacks but they were still being discriminated. The working positions were now higher and more