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Description
Mr. Jones compares the racism he experienced in civilian Montreal to the equality and sense of worth he felt as a soldier.
Transcription
I knew I was a minority because I had had a lot of problems as far as racism even in Montreal was concerned. There was a lot of things there that you could do and a lot of things you couldn’t do. There was a lot of places that you could visit and there’s a lot of places that you couldn’t visit. But you seemed to, through heredity, be able to take this in stride and go only where you’re wanted. As far as the armed forces was concerned, I felt that I was needed and I know that I was needed by the people who were there. I had very seldom come across any black jokes, unless I told them myself, which sort of took a lot of the relief off of a lot of people because war is serious to start off with and living this during the war is serious.