African-American Culture In The 1940s

Culture in the 1940s was unlike ours today. In the 1940s, the music was diverse, the fashion was unique, and the technology was in contrast with technology today. Everything in the 1940s was very different than it is today. People did not go about things the same way we do. Values in the 1940s was all about segregation, women in factories, and slang. Segregation was a big part of culture in the 1940s. There was segregation in both sports and war. Jackie Robinson was signed to the Brooklyn Dodgers, but a lot of the players did not agree with the decision. “ Walker reportedly threatened to quit and pressured his southern teammates to do the same should Robinson sign with Brooklyn.” (“Robinson and the Brooklyn Dodgers: Baseball and Broken Barriers”). It was very clear to see that even his teammates did not appreciate the fact that an African-American would be on the team. African-Americans and white people were fighting in the war for the same cause, but as soon as the war ended white people feared that the African-Americans would take their old jobs. “White communities feared upwardly mobile African-Americans would soon take their jobs, and for them, the integration of baseball embodied these fears.” (“Robinson and the Brooklyn Dodgers: Baseball and Broken Barriers”). It was a big deal
“Semi-skilled and unskilled jobs were designed as ‘women’s jobs’ and were exempt from equal pay negotiations” (“Striking Women”). Women were working in the factories to help the men in war and they did not even get equal pay. A woman’s place was still considered to be at home so when women went to work they did not get very good jobs. Women went on strike and fought for equal pay. Women believed they should be getting the same amount of money for doing the men's job as the men were getting. Women were also not getting good jobs because people did not believe that they could do