MILITARY BRATS: A Living Study in Race Relations

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dc.contributorBrats Without Bordersen
dc.contributor.authorMusil, Donnaen
dc.coverage.spatialUnited Statesen
dc.coverage.temporal20th centuryen
dc.coverage.temporal21st centuryen
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-13T03:30:23Zen
dc.date.available2016-09-13T03:30:23Zen
dc.date.issued2015-11en
dc.description.abstractIn 1948, President Harry Truman issued Executive Order 9981, desegregating the United States military. Much has been written about the Order's effect on soldiers; almost none about the powerful effect it has had on generations of military children, who began living in the same neighborhoods and attending the same schools, churches, and playgrounds twenty years before the Civil Rights Movement exploded. Racist speech was also prohibited and defiant children were immediately reported to their parent's commanding officer, who could reprimand or demote their parent. How did this shape the racial attitudes and identity of military children? How have they benefitted and what have been the biggest challenges transitioning out of the military? How might their experiences provide a window into possible solutions for other areas torn by racial strife? These are just a few of the questions "Military Brats: A Living Study in Race Relations" will discuss.en
dc.description.notesPresented at Race and/or Reconciliation, the Third Conference on Veterans in Society, which took place in Roanoke, VA from November 12-14, 2015.en
dc.description.notesConference hosted by the Center for the Study of Rhetoric in Society, Department of English http://www.rhetoric.english.vt.edu/en
dc.format.extent23 pagesen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifierMusil_MILITARY_BRATS_A_Living_Study_in_Race_Relations.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/72934en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.ispartofRace and/or Reconciliation, the Third Conference on Veterans in Societyen
dc.relation.urihttp://veteransinsociety.wordpress.com/en
dc.relation.urihttp://www.rhetoric.english.vt.edu/en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderMusil, Donnaen
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectMilitary bratsen
dc.subjectIntegrationen
dc.subjectExperimenten
dc.subjectGenerationalen
dc.subjectViSen
dc.subjectVeterans in Societyen
dc.subjectRace and/or Reconciliation, the Third Conference on Veterans in Societyen
dc.titleMILITARY BRATS: A Living Study in Race Relationsen
dc.typePresentationen
dc.typeConference proceedingen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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