Perez V. Sharp Case Analysis

Mexican women began losing their jobs without notice or provocation, basic things like housing became almost restricted. With the continuous efforts of Mexican woman engaging in political activism they were seen as “Communists Sympathizers”. As well as ANMA and multiple associations fighting against “Operation Wetback”. Lastly the outcome Perez V. Sharp case that affected interracial marriages. The number of job loss to Mexican women without a notice nor a provocation occurred substantially during the post war era. For Guadalupe Cordero, her letter of dismissal had read that her work was “proved quite satisfactory” and that “she is no longer needed”. This statement to Cordero meant “she being Mexican, is no longer needed.” It was any minority race that was solely dismissed because of the discrimination. Like Cordero this was the case for many woman, their occupations would be replaced with “all so called Americans”, despite all the effort and dedication they did towards the war era, it proved that they were only needed then.
The employment opportunities for women of color in particular drastically declined in this era. Jobs were only temporary now, because now that the war had ended they weren’t facing the …show more content…
Sharp case, despite it being the first case of the twentieth century to overturn a state miscegenation law, the case itself inspired women to fell more accepted of intercultural and interracial marriage. It’s one of the ways showing that race and American democracy was beginning to change. Despite it challenging the Mexican cultural of marriage and method of chaperoning their daughters, it highly challenged the communication and reactions parents of these women had towards their decisions. Parents would eventually come around and realize that the race/ethnicity of who their daughters married didn’t matter, because the choice of who their daughters married didn’t necessarily mean their daughters would assimilate to their husband’s