Question

How did World War II change life for many women and African Americans?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

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after world war 2, many African countries became independent from colonial rule of European nations.
Collective for women, it afford the ability for women to join the work force. Prior to WWII, women stayed home and took care of domestic affairs, or worked as nurses, secretaries, or teachers. The women at the time during the war had to replace male workers who fought. When the men returned home women commonly went back to their traditional roles, while some remained at their jobs. Although, it still wasn't acceptable for women to work jobs typically done by men, the war allowed women to prove that they can.
Another thing WWII changed for women, collectively, is the habit of smoking. Before the war women who smoke tend to be wealthy, high society, celebrities, actresses portraying characters in movies and such. This is only a small percentage compared to the total population of women. During the war women became exposed to the high stress work environment and began picking up the break habits men displayed in the industrial and corporate fields. Also in the social scene women would frequent bars and clubs and socialize with what men were left. At times women would take drags off the cigarettes of the men they were in company with. Smoking became fashionable to young women and the habit remains. A side note there is a study which concluded that women who smoke are more likely to be sexually active.

For Blacks (I am black and don't care to be PC right now) during the war, businesses were beginning to boom at the time. And because very small percentage of blacks fought in the war, it made jobs available which the incomes mainly went into black businesses in the communities. After WWII black business owners and families had enough money to move out of crowded inner cities and into the suburbs. Of coarse, the migration of black families to suburban areas led to white families relocating, which led to vacant homes resulting in lower property value in neighborhoods. This had social-economic impact on black communities as the racial attitudes of the time still persist.

Japanese in America obviously were ostracized and put into concentration camps during WWII. After the war many people distrusted the Japanese and other Asian ethnicity in America for a while, which made it hard for them to advance. The treatment of Japanese Americans during and after the war our proudest moment and is seldom mentioned in our countries history. The Japanese come from a traditional and closed societal ancestry. The Nationalist Japanese Empire did not have many citizens who were open to foreign influence let alone immigration to America. The small number of Japanese American citizens could hardly draw attention to sympathizers in the country during war time.
What the war changed for the Japanese and the Japanese Americans was the growth in atheism. After WWII, one of the term Japan was held to was that they could no longer consider their emperor a divine figure, which they have always done. Japan is traditionally Buddhist, which doesn't claim their is a God, along with their native religion of Shinto, which includes the emperors of Japan being revered as Gods. The faith became more accepted as folklore and superstitious, ending the collective belief in a God. Although, Catholicism has been tolerated in Japan for many centuries and has had a place in Japanese society, the overall drop of church membership and faith theism has contributed too.