cross-posted from: https://anarchist.nexus/c/news/p/343362/u-s-removal-of-cemetery-panels-honoring-black-world-war-ii-troops-spurs-anger-in-neth
Margraten, Netherlands — Ever since a U.S. military cemetery in the southern Netherlands removed two displays recognizing Black troops who helped liberate Europe from the Nazis, visitors have filled the guestbook with objections
In the case of Black veterans they want to pretend they didn’t exist. You are not permitted to suggest that anyone but white people has ever achieved anything, or that some white people might be useless assholes, because it makes the fascist snowflake useless white assholes uncomfortable.