It's a time honored tradition in America to crap on its veterans.

Right on. We owe African -American so much. Our country was built on their backs.

But don't you know the biggest threat to this country is the teaching of "critical race theory." A privileged white child might be made to feel bad about how this country treated people of color like the Harlem Hellfighters, the men in the Tuskegee Study, slaves ... we just can't have that! /s

MANY, MANY brown and black folks NEVER received anything from the military for all they did. It's truly disgusting.

We did the same thing in Australia to our indigenous people, they weren’t even allowed into military bars for beers with the rest of their colleagues.

Yes, I know what you mean. I'm a native American. Research wind talkers. These fine gentlemen were pivotal in victory for the defeating the axis.

And this brave man was also such a kind man, too. I hope he beat the odds and lived a long, peaceful life back in the States, with his darling puppy and all his family and friends.

They recieved the French Croix de guerre with a silver star, if that is any comfort. They were the first Americans to receive a French cross.

I agree, completely...and because it IS soo uncomfortable and shameful, there are Way Too Many people in the US who would rather live in denial of history and in absence of common sense or decency than admit what is so absolutely undeniable to the rest of us. It's time for us all to step up as individuals. Say something. Do something. Listen.

Well said!

Vets Still don't get what they deserve, but these poor men were double wammied.

Oh, you definitely do not want to hear the story of Eugene Bullard then. Actually, you should hear his story. He is an incredible man whose life is an amazing story. https://youtu.be/84yGPsehrkc

Be appalled at governments, slavery is still legal in Africa today and they say and do nothing about it....even the fake social justice warriors only care about power not ppl

It can really be so surreal can't it? Just how messed up our world and the people in it can be.

I agree entirely. But a hundred years later our military, no matter their race still don't get the respect they deserve. And don't even get me started on the mental health of these brave men and women that goes completely ignored.

Even today our veterans aren't treated like the should be. An alarming amount of homeless people are veterans 😔

It's appalling that you only care because of their race. What about Vietnam vets that were treated like s**t when they came home screwed up from ptsd and addicted to drugs? To white for you to care about?

I agree but you should say for ALL. veterans of all colors get forgotten after a war.

Racism isn’t limited to the US, it’s global, but I hear you.

uh, Vietnam?

Yes they should have, however you cannot change the past, you can only learn from.it. imagine what today's Germans go through learning world history. You cannot hate yourself or your countrymen on what happened in the past as none of you were around to have any choice or effect on the matter. You can at least still award a medal post humonously and give it to thier descendants and family members. May not be the same, but all we can do is the best we can do. Someone's best is all they have to give.

Like all vets that return and are called baby killers and murderers and are spat on..these brave men and women fight so we can be free.

Feel free to move to a less offensive country.

Have you heard the latest? The VA is planning to close a multitude of VA hospitals around the country. The US government doesn't give a crap about its veterans no matter their color. Just look at how many are homeless.

Notice how that was over 100 years ago?? Today, they would be decorated with medals and gratitude by everyone! So no need to be “appalled by your country” now. Maybe be proud of your country for fixing problems like that and being the most diverse and accepting country in the world today!! 👍

Don't be appalled by the United States. It's not perfect and is always moving forward. Despite the flaws, it's the best country in the world. That's why so many people risk their lives to get here. Trust and be blessed.

It makes me pissed how bad my country did AND STILL DOES treat people with slight differences to them. It took too long to get our country to this state where people are MILDLY safer. Some cops still make assumptions about a person's likelihood to commit a crime based on their skin color, women are payed less than men- still, and it's not safe to be openly LGBT+ in some places. WHY CAN'T SOCIETY BE BETTER?

It's America are you really surprised? This sounds exactly like them. It's what they're known for. Shitting on people who aren't pale in skin. Hiding real history in America. Teach the white washed garbage to make white Americans feel better or not guilty for being racist oppressive historical pieces of sh**.

I mean I agree 100 percent ..but this country doesn't treat any vets the way they should thy spit on them when thy got home from Vietnam ...even today thanks have to beg fr medicine prosthetic limbs and don't get me started how thy treat out homeless vets ...it's ALL disgusting ....

Weeeell, we weren't too nice to the Vietnam vets, either. Americans can be s****y.

Just sometimes hell I'm constantly appalled by our country.

sometimes?

Only sometimes?

Only sometimes appalled?

I agree 1,000%!

... When they got home....their home

Sometimes?? I feel this way every day...

Sometimes? LOL

I agree.

💯 % agree.

It's the government that people should hate. Not their country. It took me a long time to realize it's not America that's the problem. It's the people running America.

But are you really surprised?

Yes

It's AmeriKKKa (White America) controlled by AmeriCancer (the establishment) that hasn't fundamentally changed since the very beginning of the nation.

Its the USA. Translated, "Its a shithole."

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What didn't black men get medals ??? Omfg 😓😓💔🐨🇦🇺🦘

I live in the US. All my life I've gone to public school, but some things happened and i started being homeschooled fairly recently. (well, it's like an academy- i go once a week to a place to get all the homework for the week but then stay home the rest of the time.) the new textbook is bringing light to so many more issues and events in history that had to do with african-americans, native americans, asians, indians, just people of color in general, than the generic whitewashed public school textbook ever did. So yeah all this to say, good point and I agree with you ^^

I love how only my comment has been censored but yet everything is white washed, if you don't know what corded ware and sintashta culture is and the DNA the main ancestors of modern northern Europeans then you are a complete hypocrite to claim history is white washed, and you obviously don't know anything about history if you get your information from bored Panda instead of peer reviewed studies, this thread is full of racist against whites claiming they know history when none of these people have ever read a peer reviewed study in their life, the first writing ever is a slave Trade, Europeans were the first to outlaw slavery

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If you claim history is white washed but don't know what corded ware and sintashta culture is your textbook definition of ignorance. There is literally zero DNA evidence that supports African Americans , your not Egyptian your not phenocian and you not Hebrews your west African , meanwhile DNA evidence supports Aryan migrations overwhelmingly hence corded ware culture, and if you haven't heard of Tulsa massacre your a clown it's on the news every year, meanwhile I doubt you Know 12 million Germans died in WW2 compared to six million jews, just because nobody liked blacks in early America doesn't mean all of history is white washed, we have frescoes, mosaics and DNA evidence to prove that all African Americans do is lie and use American slavery as a excuse, how can school history be white washed when they literally skip the biggest contributer to modern northern Europeans in sintashta corded ware and don't even mention Indo European language