Context: Executive order 9981 desegregated the US army in 1948, but Iceland resisted the stationing of Black troops until the 70s.
Significant-Care-135 on
Can you please kindly explain the statement of “isn’t there somebody you forgot to ask” in relation to the post
Stejer1789 on
Remember how iceland had a law legally allowing anyone to kill any basque that stepped foot in iceland that was only repealled in 2015 or something?
MazigaGoesToMarkarth on
Iceland also placed heavy restrictions on white US troops – they weren’t allowed to move about, shopkeepers could legally not serve them or refuse them entry, they had very strict curfews, and any women who had relationships with them were imprisoned.
They were very concerned about the integrity about the Icelandic population, which is slightly more understandable when you remember that there were up to 60,000 US troops and only 130,000 Icelanders on the island.
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Context: Executive order 9981 desegregated the US army in 1948, but Iceland resisted the stationing of Black troops until the 70s.
Can you please kindly explain the statement of “isn’t there somebody you forgot to ask” in relation to the post
Remember how iceland had a law legally allowing anyone to kill any basque that stepped foot in iceland that was only repealled in 2015 or something?
Iceland also placed heavy restrictions on white US troops – they weren’t allowed to move about, shopkeepers could legally not serve them or refuse them entry, they had very strict curfews, and any women who had relationships with them were imprisoned.
They were very concerned about the integrity about the Icelandic population, which is slightly more understandable when you remember that there were up to 60,000 US troops and only 130,000 Icelanders on the island.
Isn’t IceLand somewhat progressive now though?