From TPM Reader VJ …
In 1960 when your dad and I were in the Army blacks had only been integrated in the services for 12 years.
Sounds like a long time, but there were members of the “old” Army — from WW2 and the South mostly — who had never gotten used to it. — even after 12 years and they made it clear when no blacks were present and after a few beers.
But — big but — they smiled, sucked it up and never dared showed any open dislike for their black comrades. To do so meant to face serious discipline. And the blacks wouldn’t put up with it anyway.
I foresee a parallel situation when DADT gets implemented. Career people won’t risk it with openly hostile behavior.
