World War II: A Cultural Analysis

As we have read different pieces over the semester, there have been many different texts that can be used to show the different cultures and subcultures of that time period. Also, the different time periods can be a good tool to see how the time period has had an impact on broader American life. To begin, Tamaki’s, World War II: American Dilemmas chapter describes the color lines of America at that time period and how we saw the country from a multicultural perspective. The war made some question Japanese Americans and which side they were on. In addition, the text mentions how many different ethnic groups of people fought to have the opportunity to fight for the country. This text shows the culture of segregation we were still under. But most importantly, our country saw men and women that were Japanese, Chinese, African American, Jewish, etc., fight to serve in our military. A group of African American soldiers stated, “They declared they were fighting and willing to die for the principals that gave birth to the United States of America” (Takaki 358). For broader American life, we now have a military that has little to no segregation. Those who served during that time paved the way for this. The next text comes from a …show more content…
This piece of writing talks about the term “supercrip” and how people focus too much on how disabled people “overcome” their own disabilities. This represents the culture for those with disabilities as being one where they are clearly seen as inferior. Intersectionality also plays a role because now disabilities are added to the list of obstacles along with gender, class, race, religion, and ethnicity. In this text an important quote was, “I have been turned away from jobs because my potential employer believed my slow, slurred speech meant I was stupid” (Clare 7). For broader American life, we continue to struggle to get passed the disability label for