US non-white populations remained concentrated in the working class until after WWII

Evidence

The structure of exploitation into which this colonial immigration is then slotted is the dark underbelly of the myth of America as the land of freedom and opportunity. In other words, the demographic evolution of the United States had followed a distinct pattern since the beginnings of slavery, and until after the Second World War the non-white population had remained mainly in the working class and in the army of the unemployed. — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory, 322

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory: Classes, Nations, Literatures, 322
• XREF: connects to: Majority white support for racial job equality emerged only after the 1940s; Southern and eastern European immigrants were racialized before entering whiteness after WWII — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 227; Postwar redefinition of Whiteness shifted European differences from racial to ethnic — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes…, 387 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Southern and eastern European immigrants were racialized before entering whiteness after WWII #complicates (0.80) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 227
• Postwar redefinition of Whiteness shifted European differences from racial to ethnic #expands (0.78) — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 387
• Majority white support for racial job equality emerged only after the 1940s #qualifies (0.75)
• Brazilian capitalists suppressed Black reformist organizations until after WWII. #expands (0.72)