The Fight Against Racism And Discrimination - 1737 Words

Michelle Chansuyco History 110 Class Number – 30 Final Paper—The Fight Against Racism and Discrimination Throughout history we have seen how racism has evolved and has impacted the lives of many minority groups in America. With the migration of people from different backgrounds all over the world, the United States has truly become a melting pot of cultures, religions and backgrounds. However, with this massive influx of people, nativism is bound to cause problems. Over time, through the efforts of different activist movements, there has been great progress with the issues of racism in America; but racism still exists to this day. During the World War II era from 1941 to 1945, immigrants from different backgrounds were brought together†¦show more content†¦However, issues came along when Mexican Americans in the southwest felt that they were being discriminated because they were getting paid less than what white workers were being paid to do the same jobs. To deal with this issue, activists rose up and brought their complaints to the Fair Employment Practices Commission. In 1942, The Executive Order 9066 issued by President Roosevelt forced people of Japanese descent from the West Coast to relocate to internment camps. This was the result of the fear of a Japanese invasion, and existing prejudice against the Japanese after the attack on Pearl Harbor. With what seemed to be an order based on race, many Japanese Americans refused to relocate. This was the case for Fred Korematsu, who did not show up for internment because he felt that the order was indeed an act of racism against the Japanese. During the time of the war, segregation was still in place to separate blacks from whites. African Americans experienced racism through segregation. The blood banks did not want to mix their blood with that of whites. During the Second Great Migration in 1941, about 700,000 blacks moved out of rural areas to the cities to find work but were treated with hostility at their housing and at the workplace. Even though blacks were able to serve in the army, they were still segregated from the rest of the other soldiers. They were also very limited in the positions that they could take on, with only a few enlisted as