5 Times Black People Showed Up And Out For Other Marginalized Communities
Following the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 and the subsequent World War II, many Japanese Americans were interred and lawyers, including Black Los Angeles-based attorney Hugh McBeth, advocated for their rights through speeches, lobbying investigatory reports and lawsuits. McBeth challenged discrimination against Asians in the country and argued that “race-based confinement constituted unconstitutional racial discrimination.”
The prominent Black California newspaper the California Eagle called for support of the Japanese community.
In an article published two years after the attack, the progressive newspaper said the “persecution of the Japanese-American minority [was] one of the disgraceful aspects of the nation’s conduct of the People’s War.”
Additionally, the publication discontinued the use of the racial slur “Jap” as other major outlets continued its use.
Columnist Rev. Hamilton T. Boswell regularly educated the Black community on happenings within the Japanese community and even encouraged people to develop stronger relationships with other minorities. He also condemned “the undemocratic evacuation of Japanese Americans” as the “greatest disgrace of Democracy since slavery.”
As many Japanese Americans were incarcerated, Black families relocated to predominately Asian communities like Little Tokyo in Los Angeles during the Great Migration from the South. Abreast of many Japanese Americans’ return to their homes, the newspaper urged people to support their right to reclaim their homes.
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