Averander t1_j8keqiw wrote on February 14, 2023 at 11:15 PM

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And that's what can be changed, easily. Those people can be acknowledged and the wrongs of that era made right. It wouldn't take huge monetary or social change, but acknowledging these people and their contributions.

When that can't be done, it really makes you wonder.

ABetterKamahl1234 t1_j8kll6v wrote on February 15, 2023 at 12:06 AM

> Those people can be acknowledged and the wrongs of that era made right. It wouldn't take huge monetary or social change, but acknowledging these people and their contributions.

Depending on the group, it can be hard to dig up information to accurately depict this if there was something like rampant racism that refused to acknowledge contributions.

It's hard to bring up 80 year old information that never got written down, many of the people involved wouldn't even still be alive.

Averander t1_j8knocq wrote on February 15, 2023 at 12:21 AM

However their service has been recorded, that is the issue here. Meticulous records of troops and service were kept, through logs, diaries and other records. We have absolutely unfathomable amounts of data from the period, hence so many documentaries and historical books upon the era.

The people may not be alive, but the records are very much intact. While people were very much racist, they were still very happy recording every detail.