[truth_seeker]

In mid 1969 I asked my drill sergeant about black promotions at the end of Basic, black goofoffs getting stripes ahead of others. said that was just the way it was now.

IOW early Affirmative Action.
contractors to reverse discriminate, or not get work.
Since then it compels.
From another angle, how much self-respect is there when all parties know the system is ufair?

[SkyPilot]

It goes back even further. The entire combat and training records for the Tuskegee airmen (332nd Fighter Group) was inflated during WW 2, and it continues to this day. The squadron was a pet project of Franklin and Elenor Roosevelt - and with that backing the word went forth. I am not saying they were not brave or patriotic. But their true record vs. what has been sold to public was and is pure propaganda.

Here is just one example: it is still reported to this day that the unit lost no bombers. That is complete fiction. More than two dozen bombers were lost that were being escorted by the 332nd. Even NBC news reported this in 2007 when an Air Force historian pointed this out. But much of this was even wiped from the Internet. It’s an incredible work of propaganda. Reminiscent of despotic regimes.