Whoaaa what the fuck?!?
The code talkers story is badass. An obscure, barely-known language is the basis for a virtually unbreakable code that significantly contributes to Allied success in WW2. This is not “woke” at all. If anything it fits perfectly into the right’s fever dream.
except that it suggests bipoc people have value and contribute meaningfully to our country.
Exactly. The right’s claim that they’re fighting DEI to restore merit is merely a smokescreen. These people believe that low melanin content is a precondition of merit
What the fuck.
I’m sorry; let me start over:
what the fuck.
The history of the code talkers is honestly the single most incredible shows of selfless contribution that First Nation people have ever given to a country that has done nothing to earn their loyalty. To remove that (rather incredible, as well as strategically significant) contribution from the history of the Army is a betrayal of the legacies the US Army claims to honor. I hope everyone involved in that decision feels like a complete piece of shit, but I also know a lot of them won’t.
Is someone keeping track of everything they’re trying to erase from history? I really hope it’s all been archived somewhere so it can be put back into the records after these nuts are no longer in power.
following their instructions i was able to find archived info about code talkers. it also has ways to download info to preserve it personally
UGH this is SO LAME. The code talkers were incredible humans. Fuck this regime.
These guys were a huge part of the success of WWII.
Fucking bigots.
