Did the Chicano community contribute to the US war efforts in the 1940s? Do you think that there is irony that the Chicano community was also victimized by service men fighting during WW II.Explain the aftermath of this event. The Zoot Suit RiotsThe Zoot Suit RiotsDid the Chicano community contribute to the US warefforts in the 1940s? Do you think that there is ironythat the Chicano community was also victimized byservice men fighting during WW II.Explain the aftermath of this event.

Yes, the Chicano community did contribute to US war efforts in the 1940s, as they had mass migrated to the US for jobs, etc much before that. Although they were quite large in numbers in the army, they were not given much respect or recognition because the Americans were unfamiliar with the Mexican culture and treated them as immigrants who were eating away at their limited resources. Moreover, they used to wear zoot suits which the Americans were particularly spiteful of because it used a lot of cloth and after the Pearl Harbour incident, America was facing a severe shortage of clothing fabric among other resources. It is indeed an irony that the servicemen were targetted after their efforts in the WWII, but it was mostly because of the zoot suits they used to wear which were made up of a lot of fabric at a time when America was facing a heavy shortage of it. The aftermath of this event was the Chicano movement where the Mexicans made the zoot suits as the symbol of a liberation movement, in which they fought for their identity, recognition and cultural rights in the nation against the majority. The sailors started attacking and 'cleansing' up the Mains Streets of the influence of Pachuco gangs. They started attacking many other places like the Downtown, etc and making their statement clear. The press started to laud their movement, making the revolution spread further.

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Did the Chicano community contribute to the US war efforts in the 1940s? Do you think that there is irony that the Chicano community was also victimized by service men fighting during WW II.

Explain the aftermath of this event.