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Right, Paul -
I was there and then. I wonder how many of
the list members here were in Korea during the war?
"Niggers, Japs, Gooks and Jews" were outcasts in
those years not only in the US military in Korea - but also in America (remember
Ku Klux Klan?)
How many niggers, Japs, gooks
or Jews on this list were teens or adults in Korea (or in the US) in the
50s?
I had a college classmate from Old Miss, who could
not understand why the niggers were not happy with what they got? The
whites gave them jobs, foods, shelter, etc. - much more than what they would
have had, if it had not been for the slave traders. Many whites did not see any
racism in slavery at all.
After coming to the US, I attended the Brigham
Young University, a Mormon college. Mormons in those days were racists - well, I
am digressing too much here.
As far as racism in Korea, Gen. Ridgway, the UN Supreme Commander, said it all:
"The Chinese and Koreans are in appearance but a shade above the
human beast. It is by the use of such human canaille that the Soviets are
destroying our men while conserving their own."
ysk
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