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Sami ([personal profile] sami) wrote2011-07-30 07:04 am
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How I know I am a history nerd (Captain America, not spoilery)

Last night Dean and I saw Captain America.

It was totally awesome, but there was one scene that made me twitch as follows:

It's 1943, and we see a bunch of American soldiers. Some of them are black. The scene is, in many ways, an extremely moving and awesome scene.

However, for me, it was partly spoiled by the voice in my head querying: "Wait, weren't the US troops still segregated then? I thought desegregation of the Army was Truman..."

It's okay, it's Marvelverse History, not Real World History, so multiracial US Army battalions can totally have existed, including the Japanese-American guy. (Yeah, you may be from California, buddy, but the United States still classed you as an "enemy alien".)

I justify a lot of things to myself that way with these movies.
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[personal profile] willow 2011-07-31 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
Ok, Wikipedia says The Bradley's and Patriot from 'Truth: Red White & Black' are an attempt after steve to recreate the formula. I had been fairly certain it was before Steve. But after, somehow makes black soldiers in that movie looking integrated EVEN CREEPIER.

Oh sweet icicles in june.