Racism in Iraq and the U.S. Military

As a medic Andrew Duffy served at the infamous Abu Ghraib prison, 20 miles from Baghdad.

He was part of a trauma team there and some of the experiences left a powerful mark on him.

In this video, he talks about some of the racism he's found as a member the U.S. military.

He also explains the definition of the Arabic word "hajji."

It means a "pilgrim" who has visited Mecca and is also a common family name.


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[KARStarla]

A soldier with a CONSCIENCE! Thank God they still exist!

I cant agree more globehunter2!

[globehunter2]

No human being has the right to demean or

dis-respect another human being!...for they

them selves would demand respect and dignity.

Prejudise hurts everyone especially the

person who practices it.

[shezzallee]

GOD bless you for coming out in telling the truth........if there has to be a war, at least people can stop the racism.....:) thankyou!

[greyfoxau]

Your a true human Andrew Duffy. Respect to you and Bradley Manning for having a "conscience" . Peace.

[eviltreemonster]

Hate is baggage.

[Nottotv]

@garrettmartinbradfor racism gets pushed under the rug in the military because most of the officers are racist anyway.

[shootthedevil]

@2323555 @2323555 LOL, too bad your dad didn't learn a valuable lesson. American racism is institutional. While he may feel like an America, and do his utmost to be an American, probably marrying your mom, he will never be an American, because the institutional definition of American is "white". \

[solobackpacking]

So, white men have some issues, it can be over come with education and replacement of more senior positions with non whites, who would be less tolerant of such things.

Soldiers need to come from the bottom of our population. After all do we really want to send someone with a high level degree and talent to a war?

We need to allow some indiscretions among these rednecks.

[Nejiboud]

I'm not surprised, I mean the military is not particularly where the cream of our youth go, it's mostly poor whites or minorities, or high school dropouts, or those who didn't have any other thing to do.

[2323555]

My dad is Persian, my mom American. The only colors my dad saw was red,white and blue. even though he was born here, loved this nation more then your average white guy. He served for 5 years as a Navy seal. But He couldn't take the racism he got from the brand new recruits to the high ranking officers. He served from 02-07. Now this didn't come from everyone, he had many good friend (some he even knows today.) but deep down there expected him to die first, like it was his fight.

[zezba9000]

just a note:

why can he say every racist word exept for nigger.. I meen thats racist too.

People are so programed...

[DetachedMedic]

This guy kind of exaggerates just a bit. Not to say he's lying, it's very fucked up over there, but he makes us sound like complete psychopaths. Most of the guys in my unit were just trying to make it home in one piece. That said, we were soldiers, not Red Cross volunteers. It's not a pretty job.