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Sgt. William Carney, a member of the 54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry Regiment, was the first Black American to earn the Medal of Honor.
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Huh, didn't know they had DEI around then
Disgusting
a non Caucasian distinguished himself in a historic setting, quick kill it with fire, only Caucasians allowed
fucking ell USA, what the fuck is wrong with you
We've had a malignant cancer for centuries that suddenly came out of remission.
It's called The South.
The same things that're wrong with everywhere else, but all mixed up with each other and compacted into a smaller area.
Hooray for the melting pot.
Smaller area? The US is MASSIVE. What is this "multiculturalism is bad" bullshit? Get outta here with that.
Murdoch-infected right-wing nutters went all pandemic on us with the help of Cambridge Analytica and technofascist oligarchs.
Watch your back, they're everywhere.
Our population is deeply, deeply stupid.
I myself have only begun to grasp the depths of their (our) collective stupidity
The south rose again
All those fucks. Throwing big fucking temper tantrums about statutes. DOnT ERasE OuR HisToRy.
You are lying sack of shit and as racist as you can get. Just admit that you're racist and hate black men almost as much as you hate women.
Denzel Washington reenacted the heroics of Sgt. William Carney in the movie "Glory." The Pentagon removed a story about him for DEI reasons.
Would love to hear what Denzel Washington would say about this.
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That's an interesting notion about your CC license.
Some info about that ...
https://lemmy.world/post/26711096/15639879
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Denzel Washington reenacted the heroics of Sgt. William Carney in the movie "Glory." The Pentagon removed a story about him for DEI reasons. Would love to hear what Denzel Washington would say about this.
Are you gonna sue me????
Aw shit, we putting it to the test!
Are you attempting to profit off the repost?
Yeah I’m gonna become a billionaire
I can dig it
Wtf not even mask off anymore, but flags flying
You know as a serving member that is not white, I am pretty damn offended by this.
Ima keep this in my back pocket for when chuds ask: "why do we need black history"?
Why do we need history?
It's being erased and rewritten in front of our eyes.
And what's being done about it?
Pumpkin McFascist will deliver another speech about how he has eliminated censorship from government and brought back free speech and the ministry of truth will applaud his absolute 100% honesty.
Truth is whatever the party says it is at the time they say it is until it is inconvenient.
It's official, I no longer respect the US military. Fucking fascist bootlickers.
Since fucking high school, and that's 15 years ago. I have held firm that I do not support the military, but I do support the soldiers.
The men and women who actually serve have my respect. The institution and its leadership do not.
Seriously? Where the fuck is K.dot? He need to fuck this orange minority up.