Supposedly a story about Jackie Robinson’s military service was deleted from the DoD’s website for DEI, don’t know if this actually true, but if so, I don’t know how to feel about it due to his historical significance - Kotaku In Action 2

Supposedly a story about Jackie Robinson’s military service was deleted from the DoD’s website for DEI, don’t know if this actually true, but if so, I don’t know how to feel about it due to his historical significance (archive.is)

posted 12 days ago by redman012 12 days ago by redman012 +16 / -3

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– redman012 [S] 3 points 12 days ago +4 / -1

https://archive.is/QvM9i

Hope these articles get restored, because pretending the past didn’t exist does no good for anyone

Edit: The Navajo code talkers were important for both World Wars, and Jackie Robinson’s character as an honest man is a large part of why he was able to break baseball’s color barrier to begin with.

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– ChillBinging 2 points 12 days ago +2 / -0

Try sending an email about it if there's a way to contact em.

I agree with you; I'm personally fine with the articles and content existing as long as it's not under some gay DEI banner/category.

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