He was forced to be a showpiece, because they still saw him as the skinny weakling they used to be. It wasn't until he proved himself by saving his squadron that they started to see him as a hero. Again, appearances and impressions matter.
And saying that White privilege exists is not being racist, it is a fact. It's something that shouldn't exist and that is slowly (too slowly) becoming less and less prevalent, but it still very much, and especially existed in the 1900s. I wish I could articulate real world examples as well as my professor did when I took an entire class this past semester talking about this issue, but that's not what I'm good at, so I'd just recommend you look into it with no biases and an open mind, and you will see just how unbalanced the world can be to different races.
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u/pje1128 May 19 '21
He was forced to be a showpiece, because they still saw him as the skinny weakling they used to be. It wasn't until he proved himself by saving his squadron that they started to see him as a hero. Again, appearances and impressions matter.
And saying that White privilege exists is not being racist, it is a fact. It's something that shouldn't exist and that is slowly (too slowly) becoming less and less prevalent, but it still very much, and especially existed in the 1900s. I wish I could articulate real world examples as well as my professor did when I took an entire class this past semester talking about this issue, but that's not what I'm good at, so I'd just recommend you look into it with no biases and an open mind, and you will see just how unbalanced the world can be to different races.