For African-Americans, folly of this war hits home
Boston Globe
by Derrick Z. Jackson
05/09/07
Military sociologist David R. Segal was asked Monday over the telephone what he hears in his surveys of soldiers. He quoted an African-American veteran of the Iraq invasion and occupation: ‘This is not a black people’s war. This is not a poor people’s war. This is an oilman’s war.’ Gregory Black, a retired Navy diver who last year started the website http://blackmilitaryworld.com/ , said that quote sums up what he too hears from African-American veterans of Iraq. ‘African-Americans detest this war,’ Black said yesterday in a phone interview. ‘Everybody kind of knows the truth behind this war. It’s a cash cow for the military defense industry, when you look at the money these contractors are making. African-Americans saw this at the beginning of the war and now the rest of the country has figured it out. It’s not benefiting us in the least’...
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by Derrick Z. Jackson
05/09/07
Military sociologist David R. Segal was asked Monday over the telephone what he hears in his surveys of soldiers. He quoted an African-American veteran of the Iraq invasion and occupation: ‘This is not a black people’s war. This is not a poor people’s war. This is an oilman’s war.’ Gregory Black, a retired Navy diver who last year started the website http://blackmilitaryworld.com/ , said that quote sums up what he too hears from African-American veterans of Iraq. ‘African-Americans detest this war,’ Black said yesterday in a phone interview. ‘Everybody kind of knows the truth behind this war. It’s a cash cow for the military defense industry, when you look at the money these contractors are making. African-Americans saw this at the beginning of the war and now the rest of the country has figured it out. It’s not benefiting us in the least’...
http://tinyurl.com/299fts
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Big+Oil
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Derrick+Z.+Jackson
rudkla - 10. Mai, 15:18
