Chinese-American Soldiers: are they safe from their own Army?
Recently the story of Private Danny Chen in the US Army surfaced after his death in a guard tower in Afghanistan as reported by the New York Times. He was found shot to death in the head, and military officials didn’t know at this point whether it was self-inflicted or by someone else.
What was revealed was abuse and ethnic slurs by superiors. This is a disgrace to the US Army when the leaders abuse the ones that are fighting for their country. This is an outrage when minorities are fighting for the country that we clearly also belong to. And yet, the majority of this country still can not accept us for who we are. Civil rights has not been fairly obtained for Asian Americans, especially males.
This is bad for the Army. Asian Americans can offer a lot, but I would think twice before allowing anyone I know enlist due to the dangers…from our own people. Another story of abuse here. Let’s clean up and work together and fight our common enemy, not ourselves.
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