As the war was drawing to an end in the Pacific theater, the
Japanese cautioned Asiatics about American racial oppression.
What they called attention to was that the British dominated
colored peoples in Africa and Asia and that the Americans
persecuted their racial minority at home. White believed that
this propaganda was taking root in the hearts of many Asiatics.
He also believed that most of Asia would slide into the Russian
camp, thereby preparing the way for a third world conflict. He
contended that Britain and America had a choice between ending
their policies of racial superiority and preparing for the next
war.
In 1948 A. Philip Randolph began to advocate civil disobedience
on the part of Afro-Americans, rather than ever again allowing
themselves to be part of a segregated army. He recommended that
they refuse to serve in future wars, and the idea received
widespread attention. In a Senate committee inquiry, Senator
Wayne Morse from Oregon suggested to him that such civil
disobedience in wartime could well be viewed as treason and not
merely as civil disobedience.
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