President Donald Trump said in a social media post that he will attend the dignified transfer of service members' remains Wednesday at Dover Air Force Base.
Historically…like, going way back…military service has always been one of the only paths of upward social mobility for the lower classes.
Post-9/11 GI Bill is no different, since education is often priced out of reach of the lower classes, and education is presented as a path of upward mobility, too.
I can’t fault the racism, honestly. Not because I want to dismiss it, but because for 18-25 year old kids who haven’t developed a full frontal lobe and have almost no experience or knowledge of the world outside their racist community (racism is more pronounced in poverty-stricken areas), you can’t really expect much else.
And I guess what they really meant was:
“Yeah I’ll kill brown people for money!”
As if there aren’t a ton of US military from Puerto Rico.
Historically…like, going way back…military service has always been one of the only paths of upward social mobility for the lower classes.
Post-9/11 GI Bill is no different, since education is often priced out of reach of the lower classes, and education is presented as a path of upward mobility, too.
I can’t fault the racism, honestly. Not because I want to dismiss it, but because for 18-25 year old kids who haven’t developed a full frontal lobe and have almost no experience or knowledge of the world outside their racist community (racism is more pronounced in poverty-stricken areas), you can’t really expect much else.