tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612491.post7396409364174467904..comments2024-03-28T00:17:17.560-07:00Comments on Speed of Life: "Not Everything was John Wayne, Baby": Black Marines on Iwo JimaGregg Chadwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16671434615174617956noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612491.post-46974351632377234592008-06-12T08:46:00.000-07:002008-06-12T08:46:00.000-07:00Andrew,I suggest that you watch the short document...Andrew,<BR/><BR/>I suggest that you watch the short documentary linked at the top of my post: Update: <A HREF="http://greggchadwick.blogspot.com/2008/06/montford-point-marines-make-us-proud.html" REL="nofollow">Montford Point Marines: Make Us Proud</A>Gregg Chadwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16671434615174617956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612491.post-1333618059656061182008-06-09T22:37:00.000-07:002008-06-09T22:37:00.000-07:00Black soldiers where there. But as best as I can ...Black soldiers where there. But as best as I can tell, they constituted just 3-4 companies - fewer than a thousand - of the 120,000 American soldiers taking part in the battle.<BR/><BR/>There contributions were valuable. They were not insignificant. But neither are they particularly large. I do not see how they merit inclusion merely by virtue of being black. If they can claim some right to being included in the story - which is hardly a full portrayal of the battle and has many other flaws and ommissions - by virtue of anything other than being black, then surely the stories of the tens of thousands of non-blacks can demand inclusion.<BR/><BR/>Who is standing up for those faceless and invisible heroes? <BR/><BR/>Merely by being black, they get more coverage than any ten of thier white peers.Andrew Graffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293319361497514418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612491.post-18212828061236297472008-06-09T15:13:00.000-07:002008-06-09T15:13:00.000-07:00I have to disagree with you here about the origins...I have to disagree with you here about the origins of prejudice. One does not become prejudiced because one director disagrees with another director about their choice of story and character in a film. Prejudice is unfortunately taught from one generation to the next and carried forward. Only by understanding that the bigotry that we may give to our children is an awful inheritance can we move forward to a world where each individual is judged on their own merits not by the color of their skin.Gregg Chadwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16671434615174617956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612491.post-25696332264237640492008-06-09T14:44:00.000-07:002008-06-09T14:44:00.000-07:00Why don't people mind their own business? This is...Why don't people mind their own business? This is purposely trying to introduce race into something that stands on it's own. Do we have to find out everytime we do something if an afro american, native american, etc was involved in any way? This is what makes people become prejudiced when they weren't before. Sick and tired of this political correctness. Spike Lee has a long way to go to catch up to the credentials of Clint Eastwood.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com