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You know, my experiences in the military
as far as dealing with racism
was when I first was deployed
to Southwest Asia, Camp
Doha, Kuwait, it was myself
and another black soldier, E-6.
And we went to the unit and
when we got to the unit,
they ran out and they
said, "Well, welcome.
We're glad you're here.
We've been waiting on our
generator mechanics.".
And they didn't ask us what our job was.
They told us we were generator mechanics.
And, you know, in hindsight,
I'm like, you know,
"Well, why would you assume
that we're generator mechanics?".
We were the people that
were going to be running
the telecommunications equipment,
one of the most important jobs there.
That's the job we actually came to do.
And from the time I got
there into the time I left,
it was the thing that reoccurred
when I was growing up.
The color of my skin
once again was an issue,
because let me tell you,
if I was a white soldier
and did what I did when I
was at Task Force Victory,
I probably would've got a Bronze Star.
If I was a white soldier.