Word: mistreat
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...learned all he knows from White Man and that he cannot develop civilization any more on his own. Then the Beautiful People will be invited out of the holes to rule Black Man and further civilization. Only the Beautiful People will love Black Man and will not mistreat him as White...
...owes most of what it has, including its continued existence, to the fighting men of another nation, particularly when those men often show hostility rather than sympathy. G.I.s in the field frequently find it impossible to distinguish between "bad" and "good" Vietnamese; as a result, they often callously mistreat all of them. Few American soldiers are in Viet Nam because they want to be, and many take out their resentments on their not-so-friendly hosts. "They're all gooks," says a sergeant at Tay Ninh, using the derogatory term once reserved for the Viet Cong and the North...
Though the whites shied away from his victory party, Evers' first message was directed at the men he had turned out of office. "Have no fear," Evers pledged. "We're not going to allow our power to abuse you or mistreat you like you've mistreated us. We're going to show you what love and working together can do." In reply, promises of cooperation came from Mayor Allen and a defeated white alderman...
...mistreat me I'm about to lose my mind...
...order if it "is such that a man of ordinary sense and understanding would know it to be illegal." Moreover, every U.S. serviceman arriving in Viet Nam is given a printed card entitled "The Enemy in Your Hands." It advises bluntly: "It is both dishonorable and foolish to mistreat a captive. It is also a punishable offense...