I hate that this happened to Lt. Nazario.

If you study the history of Black soldiers**, though, you are not surprised.

This same time 100yrs ago, this was a country where Black soldiers had been lynched *in uniform*.

Read this: https://eji.org/news/remembering-Black-veterans-and-racial-terror-lynchings/

**Military brat, here. https://twitter.com/juliancastro/status/1380730817459187715

Black soldiers faced racism constantly—even from their fellow white soldiers. They thought Black soldiers were stupid, cowardly, etc.

And when they could not paint them this way, there was general harassment and lynchings.

Even in the modern military there were issues. I believe they stopped this practice, but when my parents were in the Army, at one point, your package to apply for promotion required your photo.

I’ve never bothered to look, but I would LOVE to know the effects that had on ranks.

My dad was a very accomplished soldier (weapons instructor, shot at in foreign countries and made it back, Airborne, etc.). Never promoted very much, though.

That photo.