re: A monument to black Union soldiers goes up while white confederates goes down. Hmmm

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Louisiana is home to more than 80,000 Black veterans, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. About a third of 1.3 million enlisted soldiers, sailors and airmen are Black.

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I wonder what the white/black ratio of war times deaths is.

I believe now, even with higher #s of blacks enlisted, the ratio is still skewed. People who throw around "enlisted" as something special act like there is no difference between combat soldiers and the everyday support person. Ie...I got no special respect for cooks, office admins, or logistics, etc folks.