The US had established a “strict quota system that openly discriminated against people from Southern and Eastern Europe,” (The New Era Notes). Additionally, many African Americans encountered problems, especially in the North where “they were discriminated against by employers and many white workers,” (The New Era Notes). According to Willkie, “the attitude of the white citizens of this country toward Negroes has undeniably had some of the unlovely characteristics of an alien imperialism- a smug racial superiority,” (190). Discrimination got so bad at certain times that blacks could not move into white neighborhoods and were “subjected to racially motivated violence,” (The New Era Notes). These historical developments became problematic because “if we want to talk about freedom, we must mean freedom for others as well as ourselves, and we must mean freedom for everyone inside our frontiers as well as outside,” (191). Additionally, Jim Crow Laws were issued which legalized the segregation of African Americans. The conditions in which African Americans lived their daily lives were far more inferior to the conditions of Whites. The education, social and economic situation for African Americans were tormented during Jim Crow Laws. These developments made relations in desperate need of improvement because many Americans began noticing that the acceptance of other ethnicities and races was extremely important in order for the US to form alliances with other nations. Many of these racial issues were the cause of Americans beginning the Civil Rights Movement. Historical developments that occurred overseas which made race relations appear problematic included the rise of fascism in countries such as Germany and Japan. Fascism was a concept which glorified the military and condemned
The US had established a “strict quota system that openly discriminated against people from Southern and Eastern Europe,” (The New Era Notes). Additionally, many African Americans encountered problems, especially in the North where “they were discriminated against by employers and many white workers,” (The New Era Notes). According to Willkie, “the attitude of the white citizens of this country toward Negroes has undeniably had some of the unlovely characteristics of an alien imperialism- a smug racial superiority,” (190). Discrimination got so bad at certain times that blacks could not move into white neighborhoods and were “subjected to racially motivated violence,” (The New Era Notes). These historical developments became problematic because “if we want to talk about freedom, we must mean freedom for others as well as ourselves, and we must mean freedom for everyone inside our frontiers as well as outside,” (191). Additionally, Jim Crow Laws were issued which legalized the segregation of African Americans. The conditions in which African Americans lived their daily lives were far more inferior to the conditions of Whites. The education, social and economic situation for African Americans were tormented during Jim Crow Laws. These developments made relations in desperate need of improvement because many Americans began noticing that the acceptance of other ethnicities and races was extremely important in order for the US to form alliances with other nations. Many of these racial issues were the cause of Americans beginning the Civil Rights Movement. Historical developments that occurred overseas which made race relations appear problematic included the rise of fascism in countries such as Germany and Japan. Fascism was a concept which glorified the military and condemned