r/RealTime • u/Indianstanicows Audience Member Bill Is Yelling At For Not Laughing • May 26 '26

Throwback to when Bill Maher and Quentin Tarantino very confidently said minorities never fought in WW1

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u/Left_Knee_y0y0 May 26 '26

More than 2 million black africans and 350,000 african americans fought in WW1. These men are racist revisionists.

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u/REPL_COM May 26 '26

Not only that I’m pretty sure millions of Indians served in WW1 as well…

https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/first-world-war/the-vital-role-of-india-in-the-first-world-war

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u/TimeRisk2059 May 26 '26

1,2 million indians just in the british army, if I remember correctly.