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   mekka okereke :verified: (mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 27-Jan-2025 08:23:52 JST mekka okereke :verified:

   Make them miss.👍🏿

   They might ban teaching about Tuskegee for a day. Or a month. Or a year. Or a decade. But it's coming back.

   Lies and obscuring history cannot survive a high information environment.

   Yes, in the short term, disinfo is powerful. But long term, spreading info is even more powerful.

   https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/tuskegee-airmen-video-air-force-changes-course-20057246.php

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     mekka okereke :verified: (mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 27-Jan-2025 08:49:42 JST mekka okereke :verified:

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     • Weird Socks

     @ohmu

     Red Tails is a good movie about the Tuskegee Airmen, the racism they faced, and their victories in battle.

     https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3buPNdeMecs

     Obligatory:
     * All war is bad.
     * Civilians get hurt the most. Mostly children.

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     Weird Socks (ohmu@social.seattle.wa.us)'s status on Monday, 27-Jan-2025 08:49:43 JST Weird Socks

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     @mekkaokereke
     Just in case you don't know about the Black WW2 combat pilots Mekka is referring to:
     https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_Airmen ...

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     Brian Grinter (bgrinter@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Monday, 27-Jan-2025 10:33:43 JST Brian Grinter

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     • Weird Socks

     @mekkaokereke @ohmu a few good movies, Red Tails is from Lucasfilm - bit CGI heavy. Tuskegee Airman is from the 90s with lots of real flying. Master of the Air was mostly about the bombers but one episode looked at the Tuskegee airmen. All worth checking out