One of the stories my uncle Leo told me about the war…
He served in WWII, in the European theater, and while the U.S. sent segregated troops, they found that the Europeans weren’t biased in the same way that the white American soldiers generally were. He told me, the white Americans especially sought to keep European women away from the African American soldiers, so they put about the rumor that the black soldiers "had tails".
Talk about misunderstanding basic human nature. 🙄
The women, who had probably just seen the black men as men, became very curious and were subsequently watching for the black soldiers and approaching them en mass. My uncle, who was 18 and single (and very handsome) back then was asked if he "had a tail" and said his standard reply was, "only in front !" 🤭
Talk about misunderstanding basic human nature. 🙄
The women, who had probably just seen the black men as men, became very curious and were subsequently watching for the black soldiers and approaching them en mass. My uncle, who was 18 and single (and very handsome) back then was asked if he "had a tail" and said his standard reply was, "only in front !" 🤭
