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cover of episode Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 1-07 – Douglas W. Bristol Jr. – “Two Worlds - African American Servicemembers, WWII and Today”

Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 1-07 – Douglas W. Bristol Jr. – “Two Worlds - African American Servicemembers, WWII and Today”

2020/9/23
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Decisive Point Podcast

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The theory of social stigma provides a context for the subjective experience of African American servicemembers in World War II. Those experiences reveal the paradox the military faces when addressing racial discrimination. An examination of these experiences suggests only a collective response by African American servicemembers will solve this problem.

Read the article: https://press.armywarcollege.edu/parameters/vol50/iss3/6)

Keywords: World War II, racial discrimination, African American servicemembers