Posted on May 27, 2019
For Memorial Day, remember black Americans who defied racism to help win WWII (opinion)
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This June will mark the 75th anniversary of the Allied landings on the beaches of Normandy in France. A high cost in blood was paid on French soil to help liberate a continent from the cruelty of Hitler’s occupation.
Steven Spielberg’s “Saving Private Ryan” brilliantly captures the ferocity of one of the American landing sites: Omaha Beach. Played masterfully by Tom Hanks with a strong supporting cast, we see enormous sacrifice and courage.
What we don’t see is any African-American troops.
This isn’t a knock on Spielberg, but a knock on the America of 1944, which could fight Nazi Germany and Japan and their sick ideologies, yet still tolerate segregation and inequality in the military and at home.
This June will mark the 75th anniversary of the Allied landings on the beaches of Normandy in France. A high cost in blood was paid on French soil to help liberate a continent from the cruelty of Hitler’s occupation.
Steven Spielberg’s “Saving Private Ryan” brilliantly captures the ferocity of one of the American landing sites: Omaha Beach. Played masterfully by Tom Hanks with a strong supporting cast, we see enormous sacrifice and courage.
What we don’t see is any African-American troops.
This isn’t a knock on Spielberg, but a knock on the America of 1944, which could fight Nazi Germany and Japan and their sick ideologies, yet still tolerate segregation and inequality in the military and at home.
For Memorial Day, remember black Americans who defied racism to help win WWII (opinion)
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Memorial Day
WWII World War Two
Racism
Military History
American History
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