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Nutesatchel t1_j6nhhw4 wrote

Reply to comment by Bart-MS in TIL Jackie Robinson served in the first black tank unit to see action in WW2, but missed deployment due to his court-martial for refusing to move to the back of a bus. by R4G

It get s worse. There where many instances of black uniform solders being forced to eat out back at restaurants while German POW's where allowed to eat at the counter.

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Jampine t1_j6nm5yt wrote

Meanwhile in the UK during the war, American GIs complained that a bar was serving black soliders, so the bar responding by kicking out the white soliders.

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IdlyCurious t1_j6pd7q3 wrote

> Meanwhile in the UK during the war, American GIs complained that a bar was serving black soliders, so the bar responding by kicking out the white soliders.

True, but a bit misleading. That's how they treated guest black people who were going to leave. Those black persons (and other minorities) that immigrated later to stay were badly treated. Not as badly as the US treated black people, certainly, but not treated well.

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