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Transitliberationism: A Bicycle Anarchist Manifesto [OC] (hexmhell.writeas.com)
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[–] 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Oh, WWII era was pretty fucking dismal for civil rights. And as unacceptably shit in that regard our systems still are, we have made some decent progress, largely at the hands of minorities showcasing the best people our military has to offer - i.e., groups like the Tuskegee Airmen who were treated like shit, but proceeded to kick ass and take names anyway.

The effects of all that shit still lingers, and we've got a lot of progress yet to make... but idk that today's GI Bill is a worthwhile target. Unless I'm missing something and it's still being used as a tool to fuck over minorities today.

...course, we do still have 2 years of Trump, and if the GI Bill being used to level the playing field in today's world makes it into his radar, I'm sure it will be revoked or just overtly made white only, cuz it's not like laws mean anything nowadays.

But, I guess before I cling to it too confidently, I'll reiterate: Is (not was) some racist BS baked into the GI Bill? It (today's) still looks like an equalizer to me, despite its fucked up history.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

    Also to be clear, I'm talking historically as in the time period in which car-dominance got baked into policy. And like Humpty Dumpty, when I use a word, it means precisely what I wish it to mean.

    Kidding! I've only ever heard "GI Bill" refer to the 1944 legislation, which sunset in 1956. I wasn't aware that people may use the term to refer to subsequent bills. TIL.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago

    Got it! That makes much more sense - we're talking about two very different things. Or at least, two very different states of the same thing. 'The GI Bill' in modern context just means that scholarship troops can pay for school with.

    Right now there are two iterations I'm aware of - the Montgomery GI Bill which you don't automatically get, but have to make deposits to that are deducted from military pay... making it extra fucked up if troops did that and were still denied the payoff at the end of the tunnel; and the Post 9/11 GI Bill which doesn't have a deposit, but carries some trade off that I don't remember.

    I believe they do require an honorable discharge, so if that's still being weaponized against minorities then access to it is at least partially locked behind a race gate, which stands out as the highest potential for abuse today.

    ...oh, there's also the "Forever GI Bill" but iirc all that did was knock a time requirement off of the other two - used to have to use with 10 or 15 or something years of separation; now it's good for life.

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