African Americans ignored in History.

Like much of history, people of Color in the United States have played a key and extremely important part of building this country, literally, but are failed to be recognized by mainstream America. Film in particular, the text book and only source or knowledge for people now a days, has always overlooked the need to include people of Color in important roles especially those that are "suppose" to "tell history".

“Spike Lee has launched a bitter attack on fellow filmmaker Clint Eastwood for failing to include black soldiers in his films about the Battle of Iwo Jima.

The Malcolm X director insists African-American soldiers should have been included in Eastwood’s Flags Of Our Fathers and Letters From Iwo Jima since hundreds took part in the 1945 battle for the Japanese island.
Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday at the Cannes Film Festival in France, Lee said, ‘There were many African-Americans who survived that war and who were upset at Clint for not having one (in the films). That was his version: the negro soldier did not exist. I have a different version.’”

Throughout the war years Blacks repeatedly had to battle adversaries on two fronts: the enemy overseas and racism at home. Black Americans recognized the paradox of fighting a world war for the "four freedoms" while being subjected to prejudicial practices in the United States. We were working and fighting for a country that didn't want us but still rallied to show our devotion and support to the "United"States of America. How do we teach "Democracy" and the notion of "Freedom and Justice for All" when we can't/couldn't even do it ourselves. Well, thats hypocrisy.

I wonder if the film says anything about the Navajo code-talkers and Nisei translators. If not, Clint messed up bad.