Black US Soldiers in Australia 5/6

Part 5 of a 6 part Australian documentary about black soldiers during World War 2.

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• black
• negro
• soldier
• australia
• racism
• racist
• white
• war
• pacific

[elwin38]

Most whites in the WW2 era treated blacks horribly! I'm a 41yr black man and things like this infuriate me!!! My people have been on this continent for almost 400yrs and have been treated worse than a mangy dog!! White people(especially the racists) wouldnt have had this problem if they would've left us alone in Africa!! TOOOOO late now! I was born in Memphis, TN and have NO plans on going back to Africa! GOD BLESS AMERICA...MY HOME SWEET HOME!!

[puremongrel]

thank you black american soldiers

[ag0939474]

This just kills me... I want to be proud of my country but when I see these stories, I'm so terribly sad and ashamed about this past.

[kermudgeon247]

Check out an interview with the Director and Co-Writer of this film, Nicole McCuaig. This interview took place on June 24th, 2011. recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-972­50/TS-502680.mp3 RWSWJ.

[Loudensll]

i have such a great respect for australians now

[irishgodfatherchris]

@tribeofjudah05 we why shouldn't he he's a serviceman who's served his country he has every right to be proud

[shmuli9]

@tygbro Yes, but if you wrap it in a "let's surf" attitude, it seems OK to spread racism to Australia... (of course, someone has to be RECEPTIVE to racism, which apparently some people in Australia were.)

[shmuli9]

@vinnyhoags Indeed! Which is bizarre, because that's SORT of saying "women are so stupid that they'll have sex with men they don't like". (99.99% or white woman who have had sexual relations with non-white men weren't RAPED; they did it willingly.)

[shmuli9]

@sk9utube Hmmm... well, the fact you are using terms like "abo" says VOLUMES... And of course people in the US have more issues with race, but as there were very few NON-whites in Australia at the time, what IS the excuse? (Usually, people start becoming racist and afraid of "the other" when "the other" starts to amass in great numbers over a short period of years)

[tribeofjudah05]

What's sad one of the brothers still has an American shirt on with an eagle and seems proud to be a USA veteran..

[thatsMrSmileytoyou]

Killing someone isn't easy, I've never done it myself but I couldn't help but think of who he's left behind

[sk9utube]

I'm discovering whites have been way more racist in the US than whites in Australia ever were. In spite of all the publicity that the Australian aboriginese population was fucked over, there is still a way bigger proportion of Abo to non-Abo Australia than American Indian to non-American Indians in the USA .