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Reddit mentions of Hideous Dream: A Soldier's Memoir of the U.S. Invasion of Haiti
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We found 4 Reddit mentions of Hideous Dream: A Soldier's Memoir of the U.S. Invasion of Haiti. Here are the top ones.
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| Release date | January 2001 |
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That whole "I'm totally for equality!" bit at the start reminded me of [this article] (http://the-toast.net/2014/11/10/suck-queer-allyship-case-study/).
It's not that they're consciously anti-feminist (except the Skullboy and Juice Lawyer types) but that they're so sheltered from actual issues that they assume "I'm a good person so I can't be a misogynist. 'Cause I'm a good person."
Bit of a tangent: Stan Goff's memoir [Hideous Dream] (http://www.amazon.com/Hideous-Dream-Soldiers-Memoir-Invasion/dp/1887128638/) includes a chapter about how he came to understand his own reflexive racism while serving in Vietnam. As a nineteen year old kid with a head full of Ayn Rand, he assumed he was beyond all that prejudice stuff but through confronting how racism often reflects social power dynamics, he came to understand that it was much more than being consciously hateful of others. It's much more about disparate treatment of others based on skin color and the casual assumptions that go along with systemic inequality because, when you're living in it, it seems so normal.
I'm not explaining it as well as he did but the gist is this - Just because you think of yourself as a good person does not mean you are free of retrograde thinking on subjects like race or gender. To think otherwise is to display the narcissism of a spoiled adolescent.
A relevant good book broadly on the subject: Hideous Dream: A Soldier's Memoir of the U.S. Invasion of Haiti.
Hideous Dream by Stan Goff. This might be what you are looking for.
http://www.amazon.com/Hideous-Dream-Soldiers-Memoir-Invasion/dp/1887128638
If those were the only two things America had ever done overseas, and you always brought up one, and never mentioned the other, the problem wouldn't be with America, it would be with your reporting. CNN are godawful suckass reporters.
By the way, Stan Goff's Hideous Dream discusses the 93-94 invasion of Haiti and, while written by someone in Special Forces, rather than a professional writer, is pretty cool. Very critical of the idea we did any good there, that time.