Essay 8 - Military Discrimination
In a five-paragraph essay, explain why despite discrimination experienced in the military and workforce, many women, African Americas, Native Americans, and Asian Americans expressed a strong senses of American nationalism during and after World War II?
The attack on Pearl Harbor made Americans to unify and participate in WWII in the allies’ side. Not only White Americans, but also Women, African Americans, Native Indians, and Asian Americans participated with fidelity and patriotism views. Though there was a racial and ethnic discrimination among Whites and others in many different attributes, everyone participated in the war with the feeling of belonging to their nation. They worked hard for the victory …show more content…
Many women joined the factories to produce weaponries and took up responsibilities in highly skilled professions like Engineering, manufacturing and in many ancillary services such as drivers of fire engines, ambulances, trains and trams, as nurses , as radio operators and many more roles in the war. Although women worked hard and played important roles both at home and in uniform, they were paid lower wages than unskilled men performing the same job. Women were also discriminated by offering lower compensations for injuries compared to men by the Personal Injuries Scheme 1939. Women participating in the military during WWII confronted social beliefs and the perceptions of women as a sex. Women faced many challenges during their involvement in the war, but could create more equality among the men and women in the USA by the end of the war. Even though African Americans experienced racial oppression throughout the history of the United States, they have always supported the nation. They were not given skilled training and were denied in the leadership roles. During the wartime, they were treated with downgraded and isolated units in the war by assigning menial jobs and also reflected in their housing, food, and training. But they found opportunities to confront these biases and served the army with the feeling of nationalism and shown their extraordinary …show more content…
They kept all their displeasure and bitter experiences aside and reacted to their nation’s need. Native Americans responded to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and thousands of young Indians entered the arm forces with their warrior spirit. Native tribes, particularly Navajos, were considered as highly intelligent and brave, used their native language to encode the messages and could transmit the instructions and orders to various military and naval terms and it was hard for Japanese to break that code. Indian tribes responded patriotically when they grasped that the Axis Powers were a threat to their liberty and determined to get into the war. After the war, many of the Native Americans identified the differences between themselves and White men and adapted the way of living by giving up their rituals, dances, habits, their views and molded themselves to work under a white man and became part of the
In a five-paragraph essay, explain why despite discrimination experienced in the military and workforce, many women, African Americas, Native Americans, and Asian Americans expressed a strong senses of American nationalism during and after World War II?
The attack on Pearl Harbor made Americans to unify and participate in WWII in the allies’ side. Not only White Americans, but also Women, African Americans, Native Indians, and Asian Americans participated with fidelity and patriotism views. Though there was a racial and ethnic discrimination among Whites and others in many different attributes, everyone participated in the war with the feeling of belonging to their nation. They worked hard for the victory …show more content…
Many women joined the factories to produce weaponries and took up responsibilities in highly skilled professions like Engineering, manufacturing and in many ancillary services such as drivers of fire engines, ambulances, trains and trams, as nurses , as radio operators and many more roles in the war. Although women worked hard and played important roles both at home and in uniform, they were paid lower wages than unskilled men performing the same job. Women were also discriminated by offering lower compensations for injuries compared to men by the Personal Injuries Scheme 1939. Women participating in the military during WWII confronted social beliefs and the perceptions of women as a sex. Women faced many challenges during their involvement in the war, but could create more equality among the men and women in the USA by the end of the war. Even though African Americans experienced racial oppression throughout the history of the United States, they have always supported the nation. They were not given skilled training and were denied in the leadership roles. During the wartime, they were treated with downgraded and isolated units in the war by assigning menial jobs and also reflected in their housing, food, and training. But they found opportunities to confront these biases and served the army with the feeling of nationalism and shown their extraordinary …show more content…
They kept all their displeasure and bitter experiences aside and reacted to their nation’s need. Native Americans responded to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and thousands of young Indians entered the arm forces with their warrior spirit. Native tribes, particularly Navajos, were considered as highly intelligent and brave, used their native language to encode the messages and could transmit the instructions and orders to various military and naval terms and it was hard for Japanese to break that code. Indian tribes responded patriotically when they grasped that the Axis Powers were a threat to their liberty and determined to get into the war. After the war, many of the Native Americans identified the differences between themselves and White men and adapted the way of living by giving up their rituals, dances, habits, their views and molded themselves to work under a white man and became part of the