HISTORY 40A Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Consumerism, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Zoot Suit Riots
30 Jan 2014
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There was heavy discrimination during wwii since there was pressure to keep out enemies, who could be seen as any people of color. Examples of the discrimination include the lack of hispanic and black workers during wwii. Japanese americans for national security" enraged the japanese, who were unfairly treated and interned in dire conditions without any proof of wrongdoing. The internment of japanese led to discrimination of them, as they were now seen as the common enemy and posters and propaganda plagued the west coast (mainly ca), demonizing the japanese, who were american citizens. Furthermore, fdr refused to lift the law of segregation in the army, which further prejudiced blacks. The zoot suit riots was the peak of racial tension as white and black minors fought for days at an amusement park in. During wwii, the federal bureaucracy grew four times in size in order to handle the new demands that the war brought.
