tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6340335897594941637.post4349009997370230659..comments2024-03-28T08:36:39.902+00:00Comments on Sean Linnane: SMOKEJUMPERS!STORMBRINGERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18405613458419510116noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6340335897594941637.post-17530392471809625962015-12-17T23:53:27.153+00:002015-12-17T23:53:27.153+00:00It is good that there is a page like this that pay...It is good that there is a page like this that pays tribute to what the 555th PIR did. What I find problematic is your use of the term 'reverse racism'. Everyone can harbor racial prejudice to include people of color, but racism refers to a structural system that privileges one group and oppresses another to the privileged group's advantage. “Reverse racism” does not result in inferior schools and facilities, an economic gap, or a shortened life expectancy due to living in poverty. <br /><br />“…things always worked best when we overlooked the color thing and just got on with it; on and off duty.” So it sounds like the article is saying that things worked best when the reality of a whole group of people’s circumstances were just ignored. That sounds like people that claim to be colorblind when it comes to race and it’s bullshit. <br /><br />Lastly, the idea that “we were all green” is a nice sentiment, but it is not something that is a reality even today. Racism, sexism, and cultural prejudice are things that have no place in the armed forces and we still have a long way to go. <br /><br />My name is Derek Masuda. I served as an enlisted member of the United States Army for six years and deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in 2007.<br />Derek Masudahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03008820628008040152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6340335897594941637.post-26313881556983679932012-01-14T22:12:35.120+00:002012-01-14T22:12:35.120+00:00As a VietNam vet and later a career US Forest Serv...As a VietNam vet and later a career US Forest Service employee I always told the younger folks on my fire crews that wildland fire fighting is the closest thing you will see like actual combat as a civilian occupation. That goes triple for the smoke jumpers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com