With over 25% of the country unemployed, the first to be cut were the minorities. Unemployment rates among African-Americans, Asians and Native Americans were commonly around or above 50%.
African Americans- With little equal opportunity very few African Americans were given aid by the government, though a quarter million were employed by the CCC which only covered 10% of the population. Those who were employed by the CCC were not allowed to room with White's instead they lived in segregated housing.
Native Americans- Native Americans lived in the worst possible living conditions after being sent away from their native land into reservations. Diseases were commonly spread around the reservation making daily life barely bearable. A turning point for the Native Americans was the creation of the Indian Recognition Act and Indian Emergency Conservation Act. The Indian Recognition allowed tribes to govern themselves and helped the protect and replenish their land. The Indian Emergency Conservation Act created 85,00 jobs for Native Americans and made work organizations hire them
Asians- Jobs were scarce and so was housing, many Asian immigrants and Asian-Americans were discriminated because of their race. There was a 50% unemployment rate among Asians alone, those who were lucky had jobs but they were paid little for the work they did. Immigrants were not granted citizenship into the United States, the only exception were Filipinos but they were only allowed fifty immigrants per year.