Don't be a sucker

[Althaia]

Run time: 15:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou0T4UgSqqg   Posted on YouTube: August 22, 2010 By YouTube Member: Maiyanna Views on YouTube: 345   Posted on DU: September 07, 2010 By DU Member: Althaia Views on DU: 302

 
This is a War Department propaganda film, released in 1943 and again in 1946 to present the case for desegregating the U.S. military. (Desegregating the military was a major precursor to the civil rights movement.)

I find it to be a very relevant response to the intolerance being pushed by Beck, Palin, and the Tea Party. History does indeed repeat itself. It does give me hope that we've been through such extraordinarily toxic periods in our history before now, and we've survived them.

wikipedia link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Be_a_Sucker!

[louis-t]

1. That's the phrase I use to my fundie relatives.