Some members of these ethnic groups were not as willing to serve the country. The "No-No-Boys" were a group of Japanese Americans who refused to serve in the army after Japanese people were forced into internment camps by the American government. They did not want to show loyalty to a country that dehumanized their people and refused them of their right to due process and considered them "alien" despite their citizenship status.
Sunday, December 9, 2018
Role of Minority Groups in WWII
Marginalized groups of people played a significant role in the American war effort. Despite being deprived of their civil rights, Japanese-Americans enlisted in the army to prove their American allegiance. The US army recruited men of the Navajo nation to work as "code talkers". Additionally, Africans Americans served in the army of a country that systemically robbed them of their human rights. These groups of people fought for the future of America, not knowing whether their safe future would be secured as well. Their efforts should not go unnoticed.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
-
The Flappers and Vamps were a generation of young women from the West, who completely challenged the idea of how women should act during in...
-
Huey Long was a politician in the 30's whose invigorating style of public speaking drew in audiences of various political affiliations. ... -
After World War I, many Americans believed that immigrants took away jobs and increased the unemployment rate. With the increasing fear of r...
1 comment:
These minority groups were definitely in a tough spot during the war. They could either put their life out there and on the line for a country that hadn't treated them with respect, or choose to stay back and receive hate from other groups for not fighting in the war. It seems like only some of the optimistic people were willing to fight if it would gain them respect, while people who were more demanding of respect didn't want to serve the country.
It seems like it could have been one of the hardest choices in the lives of minority group members, and I'm not totally sure what I would have done in a situation like this myself. This post shows how actual mistreated people in the war may have felt immensely conflicted.
Post a Comment