So many of you know the Civil War was the war between the Union and the Confederate states, fighting for the rights of slavery. We all know who won but many of you probably don’t know what these black soldiers were going through while enlisted in the army. Black soldiers went through a lot discrimination while they were enlisted in the Union side. They weren’t on equal pay with the white soldiers .Many of the Union white Union soldiers were racist. Some of the white soldiers even though less of them and thought they were just dumb slaves that can’t fight like a white soldier can. So instead of putting all the black soldiers on the front lines, they gave most of the black soldiers second hand jobs in the military. According to The National Archives of the Civil War, most of the black soldiers worked as cooks, laborers, steamboat pilots and guards. Some did however go on the front-lines and fought in many great battles, but because of prejudge from the whites, it stopped most of the black soldiers from combat.
Today’s military can be seen as prejudice with female soldiers. The military is just now considering on letting (or if already have) female soldiers fight on the front-lines. My question is what gives them the right to stop someone from fighting on the front-lines. If a soldier is willing to do so, no matter their nationality or sex, by all means let them fight! A female can do as much damage on the front-lines as a man can. We’re not getting a female soldier’s full potential in the military unless we put them on the front-lines. By not letting them, the military is showing signs of discrimination, just like what they did with black soldiers in the Civil War.
Black Soldiers in the Civil War and Discrimination in the Military Today 
I think that this is a very dynamic posts in that you have a lot of great ideas that you could elaborate on in your essay or in the blog posts if you plan to revise. As a reader I would like to know more about the history of “black” soldiers. Also, I would consider changing the word from “black” to African American only because I feel that it will make your post sound more scholarly to readers who are not familiar with the topic or history. I think you did great with including history and then tying it into today showing how there is still discrimination just in a different way than in the past. I would also consider posting about the Military and discrimination in general and why or how they get to choose who fights front line or does other alternative jobs. These would be interesting facts for readers coming to your blog! Lastly, maybe think of a catchy line or include a quote to start of by grabbing the readers attention!
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Hi DeAndre,
I find it interesting how you are tying the exigency of discrimination of black soldiers in the Civil War to gender discrimination in the military today. I think that your post can use a little more expansion, tie the two things together a little more with, perhaps, a separate paragraph dedicated to how they are related; or maybe, delve further into it in future posts. There are also some grammatical and spelling mistakes that will need polishing. But so far, so good. I look forward to reading your future posts.
-Anh Pham
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This topic is very interesting, it reminds me about that movie where a group of African American soldiers traveled abroad on behalf of the US and they were treated better by their enemy than their fellow white soldiers. The matter of discrimination in the military is very disheartening because everyone enlisted is supposed to be working towards the same goal. Lastly l like how you tied in the issue of gender discrimination. I agree with you that if someone has the passion and ability to serve their country they should be given that opportunity.
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