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Bart-MS t1_j6mq61d wrote

When black people were allowed to be killed for the country but not to sit in a bus where they want to.

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bolanrox t1_j6n2e52 wrote

The funny thing was he could. the bus was unsegregated. the Driver took offense, and call the MP then some rasicts pushed it along and set it up so they could get him court marshalled. only to have the court throw the case out.

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Bart-MS t1_j6n42pz wrote

I was talking more about the general segregation (in public transport), not this special occasion.

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drygnfyre t1_j6o7p7p wrote

It was the same logic used in Vietnam. "Old enough to kill, not old enough to drink or vote." (The voting age was later lowered to 18 some time after).

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john22544 t1_j6ofd4e wrote

The voting age was lowered in constitutional amendment even. Also many states had a drinking age of 21 and 29 states lowered it (or partially lowered it) to 18, until the federal government stepped in and forced states to raise it back to 21 in the 80s.

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Nutesatchel t1_j6nhhw4 wrote

It get s worse. There where many instances of black uniform solders being forced to eat out back at restaurants while German POW's where allowed to eat at the counter.

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Jampine t1_j6nm5yt wrote

Meanwhile in the UK during the war, American GIs complained that a bar was serving black soliders, so the bar responding by kicking out the white soliders.

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IdlyCurious t1_j6pd7q3 wrote

> Meanwhile in the UK during the war, American GIs complained that a bar was serving black soliders, so the bar responding by kicking out the white soliders.

True, but a bit misleading. That's how they treated guest black people who were going to leave. Those black persons (and other minorities) that immigrated later to stay were badly treated. Not as badly as the US treated black people, certainly, but not treated well.

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