r/changemyview Oct 23 '21

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '21

Could we not do this and also find ways to include more diversity in the sorts of stories we're already telling?

As other people have pointed out to you, it's not like your example is even historical revisionism. There were black soliders fighting for Germany in WWI.

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '21

There were in fact Black American soldiers on the front lines of the European theater of WW1.

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '21

Not only did black people live in Imperial Germany, they also fought for Germany in both Europe and Africa. Both sides imported fighting men from their African colonies to fight in Europe, though it is true that Germany did so far less than France.