"I never shall be a white man again: race and ..." Topic
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| Tango01 | 20 Dec 2017 9:58 p.m. PST |
…junior officers in the Mexican War. "Throughout the Mexican War, the impact of professionalization was felt on the battlefields of Mexico. This professionalism did not, and could not insulate these officers from social issues such as race. When American junior officers viewed the filthy conditions in Mexico, they argued that these conditions could only be explained by the racial inferiority of the Mexican people as a race. Volunteers and regulars reacted to these issues in exactly the same manner. This fact challenged the traditional fears that a professional standing army would become disconnected with the society they protected, and would thus become despotic. Similarly, the excesses of the volunteers demonstrated that they were not the paragon of virtue which many in the US hoped"
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| Jeigheff | 21 Dec 2017 9:19 p.m. PST |
I will always be a white man. It's how God made me. |
| Tango01 | 21 Dec 2017 10:56 p.m. PST |
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| Major Bloodnok | 06 Feb 2018 4:44 p.m. PST |
Until I stand in the sun too long… |
| Henry Martini | 06 Feb 2018 7:31 p.m. PST |
Mad dogs and Englishmen… eh what? |
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