World War I and Segregation
Notably, there is true to imply that the World War I was a transformation moment in the African-American history. Thousands of the African-American were inducted into the war. However, the issue of segregation affected negatively America war efforts I’m the First World War are there elevated protest by the African-American soldiers as it slowed and lamed the abilities of the abilities of the arm to work efficiently. They demanded for humanity in the manner that they were treated. Evidently, segregation was a concept that was eating America within and consequently lowered the country power to influence the international politics. Even when complete Americanism was called for in 1918 many of the African-Americans felt that it was a plot to involve them in the war
The war also affected the race relations in the country both in a positive and negative manner depending on one’s perspective. On the positive approach, African-American found a good platform to protest against the elevated segregation and racial discrimination in the country. Many of the back people new that racism will be sacrificed in the place of the black people participation in the war and they will be, in turn, be rewarded with more civil rights. On the negative perspective, it was expected that the war will tighten the hatred between the white people and the black people as the whites felt that the blacks were sacrificing the country and they showed little patriotism.
I was not surprised by the manner by which the African-American soldiers were treated as the country was still going the process of racial oppression elimination. The racial temperatures were relatively high and thus it was expected that the African-American soldiers will be oppressed and mistreated. For instance, the black soldiers were given manual work rather than the combative work that they been hired for. They were deemed as inferior despite going the same rigorous training as the white counterparts. Conclusively, it was hard to prevent segregation in the army unless there were proper political reforms for the whole country.