Racial prejudice During the 1920ʼs, racial tension and prejudice reached a all time high. A lot of this is contributed to the sudden increase of immigration to the Americas. Americans started forming a perception that all new immigrants are lawless radicals and communists trying to take over America. Immigrants were being treated very unfairly, very publicly. Like the Sacco - Vanzetti trial. Two Italian men were convicted of murder and robbing even though the evidence against them was weak. Many Americans supported the execution of these two men because they believed that the immigrants needed to be made a example of. Immigrants were being denied jobs, rights, and basic human rights. Earlier this decade the white house made it very clear that they are also supporters of racial discrimination, passing various antiimmigration laws. With the racial prejudice problem, came the rise of the Ku Klux Klan. A group of crazy Aryans bringing terror to any minority. Unlawful killings, abuse, robbings and rape of anyone not white.
In the 1920ʼs racial discrimination was worse than ever. Immigrants who did nothing wrong, were getting punished unlawfully.