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Old 08-27-2008, 04:22 PM   #95
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My Fiancees Bros is in the US Army Reserves and he just got back from a tour in Kuwait. The US Army teaches racism. They promote the use of 'slurs' when talking about the enemy. This is not a new thing, it is used to de-humanize the enemy. In WW2 they called the Germans 'Krauts', In Nam it was g**k. In Iraq they call them 'Hodgies'. Not sure of the spelling, but that is my phonetic version (wtf, why can't you spell phonetic phonetically?)...
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I think it could be found that the military actually decreases racism. The US military desegregated far before the rest of the country. You will be surprised how quickly racism fades when you are relying on people of other races to cover your back in a battle.
It might stop you from being racist against those you serve with but they promote it against the enemy.
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