Question

The 1943 Texas Caucasian Race–Equal Privileges resolution: a. allowed Mexicans equal treatment in public accommodations, while still segregating blacks. b. granted equal privileges to all Texans, regardless of race. c. segregated blacks and Mexicans from all public accommodations. d. specified that Japanese-Americans interned in that state were not allowed to use the same public accommodations as whites. e. stated that German POWs being held in the state could be allowed to enjoy the same public accommodations as whites.

Answer 1

Answer:

A. Allowed Mexican equal treatment in public accommodations, while still segregating blacks, is the correct answer.

Explanation:

The resolution stated that , All the nations of North and South American continents were united in the struggle against Nazism and all persons of the Caucasian race were entitled to equal treatment in places of public accommodation. Although Texas has been treating the Mexicans as whites for long, it never challenged the segregation of blacks.

The resolution Allowed the Mexicans equal treatment in public accommodations while still segregating blacks. The Caucasian Race Resolution was passed to affirm the status of Mexicans as white. Historically Mexican Americans have been considered white in Texas and have also served in the segregated military and were even allowed to marry white partners during Jim Crow years.