Sharon 🤦🏾♀️ Persists on Nostr: “When I entered the armed forces of my country, I sincerely believed in my ...
“When I entered the armed forces of my country, I sincerely believed in my government as it is supposed to be—a democracy that protects all of its citizens. My beliefs haven’t changed, but I do wonder…just what World War II was all about. Our government is supposed to represent all of the people. I killed—I repeat I killed—other men in the name of democracy. Could the joke have been on me for being naïve enough to believe my government?” — Henry Peoples, Black veteran, on post-war racism #ww2
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