Minorities During the War

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This paper explores how minorities and women were affected by the second world war, specifically focusing on three areas where their role was changed due to the war effort. The first is the active repression that existed for women and minorities during this time, and the barriers that existed to their participation in the war effort. The second is the way in which women and minorities were actively recruited to get involved with the war effort on the home front. Finally, the paper explores the role played by women and minorities, who served in the national dialogue and propaganda campaigns which colonized so much of the thought of the era. This paper explores these three topics.

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"It must be recalled that before the Second World War, racial minorities and women were very much second-class citizens. The civil rights movement had yet to really get underway, and segregation was still a common and even expected practice in many states. Those who got out of hand were actively punished by society, lynchings were common, and restrictive legislation of one sort or another was on the books in most locales. Blacks suffered the most far-ranging and systematic legal repression, though the social constraints put on women to remain in the home were also significant and the dual-wage system prejudiced. Japanese minorities also suffered extensively during World War II, though for quite separate reasons. Other subgroups, such as Hispanics and Jews were also persecuted to varying degrees. Each group experienced repression and patriotism in very different ways."

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