Japanese Internment

Warm UpWhat race do you think the owner on Wanto Grocery is?

Why do you think he put this sign up?

What does it tell you about some white Americans who lived in this neighborhood?

The HomefrontDuring WWII

Rationing

Office of Price Administration sets prices and limits availability of essential items Meat, sugar, coffee, canned foods, fuel, nylons, & shoes all require ration coupons

Oversees transition to a wartime economyRosie the Riveter symbolizes female workers

War Production BoardPropagandaPromotes conservationBuying of war bondsAny message to keep Americans focused on the war effortOften racist or emotional

African-AmericansServe in segregated unitsFace continued discrimination at homeDouble-V Campaign: Victory Abroad and at Home!Continued migration to jobs in Northern cities

Japanese-Americans

Executive Order 9066Issued by President FDR in 1942 Creates military camps in the west like ManzanarJapanese Americans relocated to internment camps

Before & After Japanese Internment

Japanese InternmentAll Japanese-Americans on West Coast - most were American citizens120,000 imprisoned until 1945 upheld by Supreme CourtWHY? Discrimination, plus a false belief they were aiding the enemy

Yuri Kochiyama on Internment

Japanese Internment

The Zoot Suit Riots

Los Angeles in 1942Wool among goods rationed during wartimeWar Producion Board bans zoot suitsBaggy zoot suits popular among Latino young men

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The Zoot Suit Riots

Clashes begin between stationed servicemen & LatinosExplodes into riots in LA and other citiesThe Zoot Suit RiotsThe Zoot Suit Riots

192819402000Genevieve Mary Bliss Murphy1910-2002