Message from nramon

[Anonymous]

• I was also surprised to learn about the role of Chinese soldiers and it really highlights the disparity of what is included and what is left out in our textbooks. When I teach the Mexican-American war, I always include the San Patricio brigade. This was a brigade of Irish soldiers who defected to the Mexican side because of the discrimination they faced on the US side. I think it would be fascinating to include the accounts of these two ethnic groups and many more who participated in American wars as a way to study prejudice in American society throughout time.

edited by nramon on 8/3/2016