Black people in the military: Diversity, equity and inclusion

(TriceEdneyWire.com) – I’m a confirmed peace advocate, and I’ve been that all of my adult life; yet I respect all who give their lives for the benefit of all Americans. My heart aches for families of three American young people killed and 40 others injured, in a faraway war where many of them joined to fight for their country’s democracy. Others may have joined because the military had been the only way they could pay for college expenses. When the three young Black people were killed in the Middle East the other day, my thoughts were to wonder how much of America they had been blessed to enjoy before they died. I wondered how many racial slurs they’d been called in their hometowns. Who worked against their diversity, equity and inclusion? We may never know; yet they died in the service of what often is an ungrateful nation that’s not always been kind to them or their families. Related Stories Sure, three were brought back home in dignity, but my thoughts immediately went to the kind of short lives they experienced before they voluntarily went off to fight for their country. I was also curious about the 40 who were...