 Hawaii did not have the engrained segregation found within America at this time and although stereotyping minorities did occur, Hawaii is considered today to have been more progressive on the issue of race than that of mainland America.There was no established place for African Americans as Jim Crow segregation laws within American had kept white and black people in separate social spheres.Racially driven stereotypes towards African Americans did exist on the island and included rumours spread by non-African American soldiers that black soldiers had tails.