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From CNN.com: What patriotism means to me: Four generations of Black veterans reflect on service to their country

#VeteransDay #BlackVeterans

https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/11/us/black-veterans-reflect-military-service-reaj?cid=ios_app

The remains of Lt. Fred Brewer, a missing Tuskegee Airman, have been identified. He will be able to go home. 25 Tuskegee Airmen (of 400 who flew combat missions) remain missing.

#TuskegeeAirmen #BlackVeterans #BlackMilitary #POWMIA

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/remains-of-tuskegee-pilot-who-vanished-in-wwii-have-been-identified/

#BlackVeterans were more likely to be #DeniedBenefits for #PostTraumaticStressDisorder than their #WhiteCounterparts - according to a newly surfaced 2017 #internal #VeteransAffairs #report . 
#Analysis that crunched #data from the #FiscalYear 2011 through 2016 showed that #Black #veterans who are seeking #disability #benefits for #PTSD were #rejected 57% of the time, compared to 43% for white veterans.

https://english.almayadeen.net/news/health/racial-disparities-in-the-us-deny-black-veterans-with-ptsd-b

#SystematicRacism #BlackAmericans #Inequity #Racism #Discrimination

#BlackVeterans were more likely to be #DeniedBenefits for #PostTraumaticStressDisorder than their #WhiteCounterparts - according to a newly surfaced 2017 #internal #VeteransAffairs #report . 
#Analysis that crunched #data from the #FiscalYear 2011 through 2016 showed that #Black #veterans who are seeking #disability #benefits for #PTSD were #rejected 57% of the time, compared to 43% for white veterans.

https://english.almayadeen.net/news/health/racial-disparities-in-the-us-deny-black-veterans-with-ptsd-b

#SystematicRacism #BlackAmericans #Inequity #Racism #Discrimination

#BlackVeterans were more likely to be #DeniedBenefits for #PostTraumaticStressDisorder than their #WhiteCounterparts - according to a newly surfaced 2017 #internal #VeteransAffairs #report . 
#Analysis that crunched #data from the #FiscalYear 2011 through 2016 showed that #Black #veterans who are seeking #disability #benefits for #PTSD were #rejected 57% of the time, compared to 43% for white veterans.

https://english.almayadeen.net/news/health/racial-disparities-in-the-us-deny-black-veterans-with-ptsd-b

#SystematicRacism #BlackAmericans #Inequity #Racism #Discrimination

#BlackVeterans were more likely to be #DeniedBenefits for #PostTraumaticStressDisorder than their #WhiteCounterparts - according to a newly surfaced 2017 #internal #VeteransAffairs #report . 
#Analysis that crunched #data from the #FiscalYear 2011 through 2016 showed that #Black #veterans who are seeking #disability #benefits for #PTSD were #rejected 57% of the time, compared to 43% for white veterans.

https://english.almayadeen.net/news/health/racial-disparities-in-the-us-deny-black-veterans-with-ptsd-b

#SystematicRacism #BlackAmericans #Inequity #Racism #Discrimination