> Racism was blatent back in the day, but also considered normal. Luckily the threat of communism* convinced the DoD to desegregate... * for pre-Korea, cf htt

> Racism was blatent back in the day, but also considered normal. Luckily the threat of communism* convinced the DoD to desegregate... * for pre-Korea, cf https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/executive-order-9981 https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/executive-order... ; then there's the infamous Việt Nam-era "No VietCong ever called me nigger" (which should itself be compared with "Lots of things wrong with America, but Hitler ain’t going to fix them.")