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WWII and Discrimination

WWII and Discrimination. Military Segregation “Separate but equal” Double V Campaign Executive Order 8802 - No employment discrimination in defense industries based on race, creed, color, or national origin Fair Employment Practices Commission - civil rights agency to enforce EO 8802

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WWII and Discrimination

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  1. WWII and Discrimination

  2. Military Segregation • “Separate but equal” • Double V Campaign • Executive Order 8802- No employment discrimination in defense industries based on race, creed, color, or national origin • Fair Employment Practices Commission- civil rights agency to enforce EO 8802 • Racial tensions spurred riots in Detroit African Americans

  3. Bracero Program- 200,000 Mexican workers came to aid U.S. war effort • Harvest fruit and vegetables • Build and maintain railroads • Racial tensions between Mexicans and whites • Zoot Suit Riots- 2,500 American soldiers and sailors attack Mexican neighborhoods in Los Angeles • 500,000 Hispanic Americans served in armed forces during WWII Mexican Americans

  4. After Pearl Harbor, racial tensions increase between Japanese immigrants and whites • Attacks on Japanese businesses, homes, etc. • Social discrimination • Fear of Japanese spies • Executive Order 9066- • Declared West Coast a military zone • Forced Japanese Americans (2/3 citizens) to internment camps • Lost homes, businesses, farms, possessions • 1942-1945 • Korematsu v. United States- relocation constitutional because of “military urgency” • No Japanese were ever tried for espionage or sabotage Japanese Americans

  5. FDR Proclamations, December 8, 1941 • All unnaturalized residents of German and Italian decent, 14 yrs. and up • Deemed enemy aliens • Travel restrictions • Forced to carry I.D. cards • Personal property taken • 5,000 arrested • Forced to live in military internment camps Italian and German Americans

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