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Can We Be Heroes, Too

2002; RELX Group (Netherlands); Linguagem: Inglês

1556-5068

Robert S. Chang,

Military History and Strategy

This article begins with the controversy over a proposed monument based on a widely disseminated photograph of three firefighters raising the American flag over the ruins of the World Trade Center. The three firefighters were White. The proposed monument would have had one White firefighter, one Black, and one Hispanic. This article argues that the controversy over the proposed monument serves as a microcosm for the larger and more important struggle over racial and gender diversity within fire departments, generally.