![]() ![]() Thanks to Josh, Christine, and Eric! Gwen Sharp is an associate professor of sociology at Nevada State College. So I guess maybe it’s fitting that they’re missing from the Medal of Honor games. In 1993 the Army commissioned a study on racial disparities in rates of medal awards and concluded that 7 Black soldiers would be given the Medal of Honor, which they received in 1996. On the other hand, no African American soldiers were given the Medal of Honor for service during WWII due to racial discrimination. population). But not even one non-White soldier on any of the covers? Really? ![]() And of course there were more White soldiers in the war (though minorities were over-represented compared to their percentage of the overall U.S. It’s probably not a place to look for accurate depictions of anything. Finally, 44,000 American Indian soldiers joined the war effort (and according to the Department of Defense, that was out of a population of only 350,000 at the time). ![]() And the Department of Veteran’s Affairs estimates that up to half a million Hispanic soldiers served (the exact number is unknown because the government did not keep track of “Hispanic” ethnicity in the Armed Forces at that time). Medals of Honor were belatedly awarded to several in 2000 (though at least some had received Medals at the time of the war, unlike African American soldiers). There were also 22 Asian American soldiers fighting for the U.S., according to this New York Times article. Voice of America says that over a million Black soldiers served in WWII (about half a million were in Europe). Tuskegee Airmen pilots also flew with White pilots on missions. According to this National Geographic article, Eisenhower desegregated the army for a while toward the end of the war out of desperation for more soldiers on the front lines. Initially they were not allowed to fight on the front lines, but that policy changed. It is true that during most of WWII, Black soldiers were segregated in their own units. The image here is that World War II was an all-White war (or that gamers will only identify with a White soldier). Notice anything? In every version of the game, thus far, a white man is featured on the cover. I suppose it’s possible that some of the people in the far background in a couple of the games might be non-White, but I don’t think so. As far as I know, this is every version of the game currently on the market (that’s twelve total all images found at this Medal of Honor website). brought my attention to the Medal of Honor series of video games. ![]()
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