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"the army is about to take me to fight for democracy … but i would [rather] fight for democracy right here," said a black detroit draftee. what does this quotation reveal about african americans' views on the war?

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Many African Americans during the war commented on the irony of fighting against racist ideologies abroad, while tolerating segregation and discrimination in the United States.
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