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Monday, November 30, 2009

3 Ironies about the Army WASPs

Not WASP as in "white anglo saxion protestant"

But wasp as in the women who flew planes in WWII to help aid the military even though they were not considered part of the military.

But there are 3 ironies about the Army WASPs.

1. They would not let black women join. Ironic considering, these women are being mistreated for being female, yet do not mind mistreating other women for being black. I just find it hypocritical that you would dare lobby for rights and demand not to be mistreated on the basis of gender, while at the same time you mistreat someone on the basis of skin color.

2. They allowed a Asians and Native Americans to join the ranks, in a war where we fighting asians, yet they would not allow black people, who were willing to give their lives for a country that didn't even see them as citizens (and still don't today). In many cases in history you will find that Asians and other non-black minorities have almost always been treated as honorary whites.

3. The third irony is that Barack Obama, signed into law the WASPs Gold Congressional Medal of Honor. The irony of this is that he is black, and he is signing something into law for a group that would not even allow black women to be apart of the WASPs.

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