Month: October 2016

Throughout much of World War Two, the Nazi regime strictly enforced the brutal practice of forced labor. With more than twelve million laborers from more than twenty different countries, the Nazi regime was using forced labor to make up large portions … Continue reading →

In the early to mid 1900’s England was moving day by day, living their daily lives, and doing daily ordinary things. In Chris Waters article, “Dark Strangers”, he genuinely portrays blacks as being strangers to the British culture. He talks about the severe anxiety that the British had due to the idea of blacks joining into […]

Occupied Japan was a nation aiming to rebuild through any means necessary with, of course, the assistance of the good ole U.S.-of-A. For some, this meant adapting to the democratic changes in lifestyle and government. For others (namely Japanese women), this meant engaging in prostitution brothels and ‘street-walking’ to earn a living. As presented by […]

Following the conclusion of World War II, many people were left homeless or in a place where they felt they just did not belong. Many of these people had endured years of hardships as a result of the second world war. They came to be known as Displaced Peoples, or DPs for short. Their trauma […]

After World War Two, many displaced persons could not find work and were placed in camps created and provided by the IRO, the International Refugee Organization.  As many European countries were physically destroyed by the war, they needed laborers:  cheap, Continue reading The Problem with Importing People→

Mass displacement and immigration after World War II generated expanded racial tensions in Europe. In Britain, increased immigration led to the creation of a political group called the White Defense League. The group stressed British identity based on race, and emphasized strong anti-immigration rhetoric. The White Defense League brought to light the anti-immigration sentiment in Britain based on…

World War II led to the greatest loss of human life of any war in history, with the death toll in the tens of millions. It can be said that the war also led to the greatest displacement of people … Continue reading →

In Frantz Fanon’s “The Fact of Blackness”, he expresses that “for not only must the black man be black; he must be black in relation to the white man…The black man has no ontological resistance in the eyes of the white man” (Fanon,110). Colonial black migrants entering England were not seen as “British” because they did … Continue reading “Race and the British Identity”

  http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2007/spanish_posters/ This poster is for ¡Bienvenido, Mister Marshall!, which is a Spanish film that emphasizes the question of European (specifically Spanish) identity in the face of American consumerism. The film was directed by Luis Garcia Berlanga and released in 1953. In the movie, a Spanish town prepares itself for the arrival of American diplomats, hoping…

The post WWII period in America is seen as a period of growth and plenty. Americans were in a time of economic prosperity and life was good. The American dream of a family, a car, and a house with a picket fence could, theoretically, belong to anybody. Meanwhile Europe lay ravaged by the Second World War. … Continue reading “Reconstructing Europe”