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re: the Spike Lee vs. Clint Eastwood feud
Posted on 3/21/09 at 8:36 am to Go Hogs ftw
Posted on 3/21/09 at 8:36 am to Go Hogs ftw
quote:I'm not defending Spike Lee because I def don't like him, but you should have asked that veteran the reason why blacks didn't fight, they weren't allowed in most cases because of racism, that is why they were assigned those other duties you listed, but they were small groups in some cases that were pressed or forced white leaders in those cases to make the decision to use them to fight because their white counterparts had suffered heavy casualties, the group called the Tuskgee Airmen being one of them.
I don't know where he got his info from, but mine comes straight from the mouth of a veteran that was in Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and Saipan.
oh and I might add they fought with passion and distinction, I guess to prove to their whitecounterparts that they were up to the task, me being a former military man appreciates that.
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Posted on 3/21/09 at 11:09 am to tubucoco
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I'm not defending Spike Lee because I def don't like him, but you should have asked that veteran the reason why blacks didn't fight, they weren't allowed in most cases because of racism, that is why they were assigned those other duties you listed, but they were small groups in some cases that were pressed or forced white leaders in those cases to make the decision to use them to fight because their white counterparts had suffered heavy casualties, the group called the Tuskgee Airmen being one of them.
oh and I might add they fought with passion and distinction, I guess to prove to their whitecounterparts that they were up to the task, me being a former military man appreciates that.
O yeah. There is no question that race played a role in the situation. There is also no doubt that they did a little fighting, and should have been allowed to do more.
I just think that there really wasn't that much of a reason to cast them because they really weren't that visible on the front lines. It would have taken away from the authenticity if there was a noticeably high number of black African Americans in the war movies... Or if the ratio of black:white soldiers was nowhere near the truth.
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