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2 <br /> championed as improving returning veterans' economic prospects, promising each soldier the <br /> status of the "unforgotten man." <br /> Ira Katznelson in, When Affirmative Action Was White: The Untold Story of Racial Inequality in <br /> the Twentieth-Century America', contends that the New Deal and Harry Truman's Fair Deal <br /> Programs discriminated and contributed to the widening gap between Black and White <br /> Americans. Katznelson says the G.I. Bill "was deliberately designed to accommodate Jim Crow." <br /> He argues that President Franklin Roosevelt, to gain legislative support for the G.I Bill, made <br /> compromises with Southern legislators that allowed the G.I. Bill to be drafted in a discriminatory <br /> manner. As a result, the G.I Bill, while race-neutral, disproportionately impact black veterans <br /> because the legislation as written allowed the program to be in the hands of state and local officials <br /> who could interpret guidelines in a racially discriminatory manner, thus excluding Black veterans <br /> from receiving benefits. <br /> A study conducted by the Research Division of Veterans Administration in 1950 demonstrated <br /> that between September 1940 and August 1945, returning Black veterans participated almost at <br /> the same levels as their white counterparts in G.I Bill programs. However, they did not benefit in <br /> the same way. White local officials, businessmen, bankers, and college administrators were in <br /> charge of local programs that disenfranchised programs Black veterans. Depending on locality, <br /> Blacks veterans were denied housing and business loans, admission to white-only colleges and <br /> universities, unemployment benefits, and excluded from job training programs and career <br /> opportunities. It didn't take long after the G.I Bill's passage for reports of the obstacles Black <br /> veterans faced in obtaining benefits to come to light, from securing loans to being discharged <br /> without a hearing and given "less than honorable" ratings so Black veterans wouldn't be eligible <br /> for benefits.' The disparate impact was apparent even in the North, where in New York and <br /> Northern New Jersey, less than 100 out of 67,000 G.I. Bill VA Mortgages were provided to Black <br /> veterans.' <br /> Because of these past discriminatory practices, this year, the Department of Human Rights and <br /> Relations highlights the protected class of "Veterans" during Fair Housing Month and throughout <br /> this next year. The County honors all veterans' service and the missed opportunities of those who <br /> served and did not receive the full benefit of what the Country promised them for their service. <br /> This month the Department will host a Webinar with the Equal Employment Opportunity <br /> Commission ("EEOC") regarding discrimination issues faced by Veterans in Housing and the <br /> Workplace, "Hot Topics for Veterans: COVID & Beyond." <br /> Wednesday, April 21, 2021 Veterans Housing and Employment 1:00pm -4:00pm <br /> Hot Topics COVID & Be and <br /> Later in this Spring, the Department will co-host a "Veterans Stand Down" with State and Federal <br /> partners, including the EEOC, the Department of Social Services, the N.0 Department of Military <br /> and Veterans Affairs, and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to provide additional resources <br /> to Veterans in Orange County. More information about these events can be found at <br /> http://www.orangecountync.gov/departments/human rights and relations/index.php <br /> ' Katznelson, Ira (2005). When Affirmative Action Was White:An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth- <br /> Century America ([Norton pbk ed.]ed.). New York: W.W. Norton. ISBN 9 78-039334 714-2. <br /> 2Id at 121. <br /> 3 Id at 140. <br />
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