Blacks in Hawaii wanted the military to choose sides in their struggle for respect and justice. They believed in rank not race, regulation not custom, should govern how white and black service personnel treated one another. The U.S. nationalism of racism towards Japanese Americans and African Americans united both groups together with a common goal, to fight against the white supremacy and racial inequality. Members of racialized minority groups frequently found themselves compared to one another. Charles Jackson urged his fellow Blacks to “go to bat for a Japanese –American just as quickly as we would for another Negro. These people are obviously being denied their full citizenship rights jus as we are. This vicious type of prejudice indoctrination is familiar to every Negro. U.S. nationalism in its white supremacy has been a major problem in preventing the unification of this country. Many nationalist of nonwhite race were being shut out because of their color. Franklin was first swept up in patriotic fervor after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. He was frantic to join the U.S. Navy but lacked one credential: color; they could not hire him because he was black. Equally qualified black men were often denied of positions that they were well eligible for. Similar incidence like this prevents American as a whole to unite together. Even till today, there are still much discrimination against certain race, culture, sex and religion. In order for U.S. to unite as a whole, it is necessary for people to look beyond color and see everyone as simply “Americans”. ...
