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Miguelito Loveless

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1. VMI's racism was legendary back in the 70s

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Jun 17, 2020, 03:23 PM

Jun 2020

a major topic off discussion at my military school (grades 7-12), and was mentioned to Black cadets who applied to go there. They were told that they would probably not be able to complete the first year (rat year).

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