why did the african american opppose to the vietnam war?

Question

when did the army became intergrade as well.

Answer 1

I think the US Army integrated in 64. African Americans were opposed because there were fewer ways for them to avoid the draft then for whites in general

Answer 2

The American military was fully integrated in the early 1950's by President Truman who forced compliance with 1948 time frame regulations that were being resisted. The success of the integrated military was used as an example in winning the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1965. African Americans were no more or less opposed to the Vietnam War then the rest of the U.S. population. Major Civil Rights groups and "black power" groups were based in either political or non-violent leanings of the organization/ leadership.; the coverage of those groups might give a false impression of the opposition of the U.S. African American population but it is not cited as being statistically higher then other races.

Answer 3

The military was integrated by Executive Order of President Truman in 1948. Some prominent African-Americans (Martin Luther King, Jr., Harry Belafonte) did express opposition to continuance of our presence in Vietnam. But, two-thirds of those who fought in Vietnam were volunteers. A little over 12% of the dead were African-American, which was roughly their percentage in the general U.S. population at the time.
In short, there was no major opposition to the war from African-Americans or any other minority group. Most of the noise was being made by college students on campuses who already had student deferments from the draft. Since 70% of the names on the Vietnam Wall are those of volunteers, the chances of those college students ever serving and getting killed were small by comparison. But, it is getting harder to knock down popular myths in the U.S.

Answer 4

African Americans were disproportionately represented in Vietnam as compared to their white counterparts.

That is because the draft favored the wealthy. Blacks and the working class in America shouldered the bulk of the fighting in Vietnam.

Answer 5

I think if you check back friend, it wasn't just the African-Americans that was against that war.
My husband is a veteran of WW2,and he and I both were against that war, as in the case of Korea, it was another boondoggle of the United Nations, to "stop the spread of communism" they said. Well, it seems we that opposed the war knew it wouldn't work, but our political parasites in Washington were blind and went for it anyway. You can see the results today, it didn't work, and our biggest trading partner today is a communist nation, China.
So please, don't try to make a racial issue out of this one too.

Answer 6

The entire nation pretty much opposed the Vietnam War at one point or another, not just African American.

Answer 7

Well the military was officially integrated in 1948.

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/military/july-dec98/integration_7-31.html

The Black serviceman in Nam was more disgruntled than opposed. I think most of us were disgruntled in fact.

But if we were to look up the demographers of the races in the military then and now, I think you would find a higher percentage of blacks in Nam than in Iraq

Answer 8

If you were black would you want your sons to be cannon fodder for G.M., Haliburton, Dyne Corp., etc., the Vietnam war was unlawful and unholy just as the war we are involved with now.

Answer 9

because they where being used like they were disposable and why fight for a country that does not give you equal rights