An Iraq War Vet Sounds Off On Racism, Violence in the Ranks

Posted by Guest Blogger at 1:02 PM on July 20, 2007.

This post, written by Malena Amusa, originally appeared on Race Wire

I've been ignoring the news about the Senate's debate on the pullout of U.S. troops that Democrats hoped would put an eventual end to war in Iraq.

I'd just hoped for a break though, and left it alone, thinking I couldn't afford to be so angry reading updates everyday on the proposal that got crushed this week. Sadly, Senate Democrats failed to capture the votes that would have enforced a deadline bringing troops home earlier than the Bush posse has planned, the LATimes reported yesterday.

Shortly before getting this news, I watched this video above, and made a promise to myself: no matter how much I want this Iraq problem to just go away, it really won't happen without a full rebellion from the people on the ground like this veteran in the video and yes, us, racial justice activists.

Tagged as: racism, iraq war, military, veterans, ivaw

Malena Amusa is the Communications Associate at the Applied Research Center and co-editor of RaceWire.org. She has written community profiles and feature stories highlighting people of color for some of the largest newspapers in the world.