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title: "Why did African Americans and Mexican Americans have an especially difficult time during the Great Depression?"  
description: "Why did African Americans and Mexican Americans have an especially difficult time during the Great Depression?"  
author: "Peterson arnold"  
published: 2018-05-14  
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category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
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# Why did African Americans and Mexican Americans have an especially difficult time during the Great Depression?

Why did [African Americans](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42788/during-world-war-i-how-did-the-lives-of-african-americans-in-the-military-reflect-the-lives-of-african-americans-at-home) and Mexican Americans have an especially difficult time during the Great [Depression](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42807/how-did-the-role-of-agriculture-worsen-the-bank-failures-of-the-great-depression)?\
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