Racial Discrimination During The Great Depression

The World War 2 era provided many changes in California. With the people coming off The Great Depression during the 30’s they saw California’s economic standing, social moral, and overall mentality transform completely. Not only did the country go through something as devastating as The Depression, they are now entering into the War. With the wartime, expansion came racial discrimination for minorities, especially Japanese Americans, which resulted in one of the worst cases of mass incarceration in America’s history. While America was restarting the country’s economic growth it was sending their own citizens into internment camps, an event that would affect hundreds of thousands of Japanese American citizens for decades to come.

In the United States minorities are denied equal opportunities based on race and ethnicity in work, housing, and education this should change. They 're labeled and stereotyped based on preconceived notions hurting their image in society we need to start educating the public on how these assumptions are untrue. This treatment violates their constitutional rights by denying their equality highlighting this country 's failure to uphold its promise for a better life. Their race, sex, and ethnicity are still obstacles despite claims, but nothing has been done to improve the lives and treatment of minorities. The term "Race" is a social construct used to categorize groups of people in countries it’s what you claim in important documents like Black, White, or Hispanic. However, this system is the cause of many social issues segregation, injustice, and racism being the most common instances have caused division within the United States. A change needs to happen, but the populace affected by these issues need to take a stand and work to insight change in the country.

"Discrimination is a disease." This is a greatly popular quote straight from the mouth of Robert Staunbach. Many people consider the 1930's to be a terrible time of prejudice, especially to some violent extremes. Between racism, sexism, and social prejudice, discrimination levels were about the highest America has ever seen. This was a difficult time for African Americans in the U.S, and despite the decline of organizations such as the Ku Klux Klan, racism was as strong as ever, especially in the southern states. During the Great Depression, colossal unemployment and relocation forced a re-evaluation of sexism in employment. With millions of people in unemployment, the gap between the rich and the

Human nature proves repeatedly that humans have the tendency to discriminate against those who are different. During the time of the depression, a time of great change, human nature took a turn for the better. Source C is a poem that tells of how colored people and white people are the same on the inside. It discusses the similarities of the things all people hear and see. The poem says, ¨Well- I like to eat, sleep, drink, and be in love.. I guess being colored doesn't make me not like the same things other folks like who are other races.¨ These lines describe this era perfectly, people only seemed to care about eating, sleeping, drinking, and their loved ones. They did not care about material objects or skin color, that is human nature when things get hard.

In today’s day and age, the United States of America is seen of as the land where every human being is treated fairly. However, it was not always like this and America was considered to be one of the most racist countries in the world up until the 1980’s. From 1885 to 1968, when the Jim Crow laws were in place, black people were segregated from whites and were treated like second class citizens. However, black people fought for equality all throughout the Jim Crow era and finally succeeded after the civil rights movement in the 1960’s. Blacks in the American South sought to improve their lives by supporting and helping white people that had helped them before, by joining the American military, and by protesting against segregation and their rights.

The clashing of arms and fists are never a way to save yourself, it causes danger for someone else, with discrimination being a large role in the 1920s, it caused blacks and whites to have a new uproar of segregation ,and making the 1920s an even darker time. In the 1920s, racism was a major crime that thrived on throughout many areas, even though people thought it had subdued, it really never went away. With the riots ,and clans ,and unfair worthiness to citizens , many citizens of different races lost their lives because of it. The screeching and torture of citizens crying out for help was a dramatic time for people of opposing races.

During the 1920’s the KKK displayed a strong power of continuity over the power of aberration. The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and the Black Exclusion Act of 1849 began the use of prejudice and intolerances within the Pacific Northwest. The KKK used those Acts as a step and sustained the route. Throughout time the KKK definitely exemplified the use of exclusion, nativism, xenophobia, racism, and colonization. The list of people and or traits one had often exceeded what was viewed as wholesome. The pre-existing Act’s provided an area for the KKK to flourish along with the common white mans participation in the government and guidelines. In Oregon we have quite the diverse community, however, there is a lack of cultural diversity here compared

Throughout my life, I have been plagued by racial injustices. These injustices introduced themselves at an early stage in my childhood and have continued to be prevailing issues as my adult life has progressed – racial injustice has never ceased to be something that I have had to concern myself with. It is no secret that racial injustice is prominent in more ways than one, which consequently has had huge impacts on individual people and communities. Although racial injustice has been a problem that has improved in some respects over the years, it still continues to significantly worsen in others. Nevertheless, the fundamental concern amid all of this, is the fact that racial injustice is still a prominent issue in society today. Because of

To begin with, I will explain how changes in capitalist development and race relations shape the Great Depression Era Labor Movement and the first phase of The Civil Rights Movement. Capitalism economic made the working class and able to provide for themselves (9/6). Working class has been very weak, caused by power which was monopolized by those who had money and also the states made sure that the labor laws were weak. Race played a card in interracial solidary weakness for the working class (9/6). Racialized gendered lens which socially constructed by race and gender. If you were not a white male you didn't have any opportunities as they did. Race relations shaped the Great Depression Era Labor Movement, because a lot of people white or black lost everything that they had or own. The stock market crash caused a huge impact on the lives of everybody. The first phase of the Civil Rights Movement started to protect the lives of black and gain them rights as everybody else. Black were slaves before, so after the Civil War when they became free white people took advantage of this; and still treated them like they were less of a human being. They were seen as inferior to white people. Although the rise of industrial capitalism with its rational labor markets might have been expected to render race and gender irrelevant in the workplace, a central feature of the U.S. economy has been its reliance on racialized and gendered systems of control (5). The labor system served to both

Woman in the early days weren’t considered the luckiest people. Although they faced a lot of discrimination due to gender, they did have few rights. “During the 1920s, the amount of working woman had actually increased by 25 percent.” http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/mwh/usa/1920srev2.shtml . Women were also given rights to vote and they were known as flappers.

One would not want to live a life if they knew their chances of reaching their goals, were almost certainly downsized or marginalized by their race. Well, sadly this is the case for Blacks in America. Blacks are often found to be, at the bottom of the American society. America is suppose to be “The land of the free, and the home of the brave,” allowing all citizens equal opportunity. However in a harsh reality it is not, but instead the land of the incapacitated, and home of the Whites. Looking back in time, America has always been a country of racial inequality that benefited Whites and demeaned any other race. Examples of racial inequality in our history consist of the American-Indian war, slavery, Jim Crow laws, and general discrimination. Thus the term “White Supremacy,” meaning Whites have dominance and are superior, came about. The feeling of Whites Supremacy is still felt in today’s society, and is one of many reason why race still matters. Even though the are many theories of why race still matters, it is important to realize 3 major reasons why that is so. In short, race matter because of the increased likelihood of minorities experiencing: poverty, racial profiling and Institutional racism.

Improvement of Discrimination The equality was as poor as the stock market, and limitations were set to everyone and everything. During the Great Depression, the stock markets crashed, and division amongst people regarding their differences were causing issues. It was difficult to access ordinary needs due to the inequality amongst most of the population. Treatment to the people of color, women, the elderly, and the intellectually disabled have progressed since the Great Depression because women now are employed, segregation has been resolved, and education has proceeded to develop and improve.

It has always been a problem to those who are "color" people, for example, Hispanic and African. Roughly, Hispanic and African have experienced discrimination throughout their life because they are seen as rapes, criminal and drug dealer. Yes, some may be criminals and drug dealer but not every Hispanic and African is the antagonist. In the Chicago Tribune article, it mentions how a workplace Tyson Food have been shut down in Texas because Sara Lee discriminated against black employees where she assigned them to work in a hazardous area( Casino). Many of the black employees died of cancer or had diseases due to exposed to asbestos and toxic chemical in work area. Some jobs give some people more privileges than others. It is most common on Hispanic and African who are being mistreated unfairly. Due to this, it is hard for those who are seen as worthless because some hispanic and african american do not get the same opportunity as other

I know for sure that the treatment of different races isn't equal. my grandma sometimes tells me stories about how different life was growing up as an African American person than it is now. she would often tell me how you couldn't go to the same school as whites. you had to go to a all colored school that was k-8 and you only had one teacher and one classroom. she also told me how when you got on an bus you were supposed to sit in the back. she told me that everything was separated. from resturants to streets, everything had a " colored" or whites only sign. the biggest problem with this segregation thing was that whites could do what they wanted anytime they wanted to, but when blacks tried to do this they were lynched. this is why so many

“I believe discrimination still exists in society and we must fight it in every form,” as stated by Andrew Cuomo the current governor of New York. All throughout history, discrimination has been an underlying issue and is one that must be stopped and fixed. Throughout time African-Americans have been the most notable victims of discrimination. Dating back to the early seventeenth century, blacks have been discriminated and enslaved for absolutely no reason. There have been many attempts to end the discrimination, but as hard as people try this is an issue that seems unconquerable. Despite the fact that the Jim Crow era has passed, it is evident from history and peoples experiences that racial discrimination still does exist today.