Remember, no racism.
About two weeks after the end of World War II in Europe, French women were serving U.S. soldiers coffee and doughnuts in a Red Cross tent in France. Two Black soldiers went inside to get some.
This was a breach of norms: In a segregated army, many White American soldiers did not want Black men talking to French women.
O m g, a BREACH OF NORMS?!!!!
Two White soldiers were acquitted in a court-martial over the deadly incident. Leftridge’s widow was denied military benefits because her husband’s death was ruled not in the line of duty “due to his own misconduct.”
Ah, so the black soldiers were breaking the LAW! Oh, but there's no racism!
These Black troops were charged with guarding German prisoners, Duckett told Terkel. But some White U.S. officials feared these Black men would engage in normal interactions with White Europeans.
THE HORROR!!!!! BLACK PPL TALKING TO OTHER HUMANS! THE INHUMANITY OF IT ALLLLL!
“There was an almost psychotic terror on the part of white commanders that there would be a great deal of association with the white women,” Duckett said. One White Army chaplain, he added, warned Europeans that Black soldiers had tails.
Leftridge and Glenn went on their doughnut mission in this charged environment. As they were being served, Duckett said, military police showed up. There are varying accounts of what happened next.
“When a white MP ordered him not to stand there talking to this woman, Allen turned his back on him,” Duckett told Terkel. “He was shot in the back and killed.”
TAILS?! These europeans had never seen black people before clearly, so they must be educated on the subject of black people! TAILS! BEASTALITY! The Europeans won't listen, so the black man turns his back on the white man and that's the end of the black man!
The 'REBELLIOUS' black man who just fought a war against white men who exerted supremacy over other white men. Hypocrisy at its finest.