During my seven-hour flight to Frankfort, Germany, I watched “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.” Based on the book, Churchill’s Secret Warriors: The Explosive True Story of the Special Forces Desperadoes of WWII by Damien Lewis, the movie is a fictionalized version of “Operation Postmaster.” British Prime Minister Winston Churchill used a “black ops” team, “a motley crew of rogues and mavericks,” to neutralize Hitler’s fleet of German U-boats, which were not only constantly sinking supply and aid ships earmarked for the United Kingdom, but also resupplying the Nazi war effort.
I wasn’t on this plane!
One scene in particular struck me. Two of the operatives, agents Marjorie Stewart and Richard Heron, are taking a train. (In real life, Marjorie is a British actress and a member of the Special Operations Executive. A Black man portrays Richard Heron. The final destination is to the Spanish-controlled island Fernando Po.) They are set to order dinner. They discuss cuisine in the context of the major players in the war, the Germans, the British, and the French. A Black male waiter is patiently waiting for them to order dinner. If the Germans win the war, Marjorie says, then we’ll be eating sausage, cabbage, and black bread. Marjorie then names some French cuisine, which is superior to German food. Richard comments that if the British win the War, then it’ll be fish and chips. They end up ordering sausage, cabbage, and black break.
Next year will be 80 years since V-Day, since the end of WWII. Watching “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare” conjured up many things. Had the Nazis won WWII, I could very well be writing this blog in German while eating sausage, cabbage and black break. Had Hitler won WWII and established a 1000-year Reign, I am certain that there would not be any Black Nazis!
When we look at the Great Wars, there was a rising tide of nationalism. (In America, in the last ten years, there’s been a rising tide of white nationalism, and white nationalists are hinting at a second American Civil War, though it’s framed as a Racial Holy War, or RAHOW.) White nationalism is the twin brother of white supremacy. It has given us pseudo-theories such as “manifest destiny” and “the white man’s burden,” though people of color have shouldered the burdens and the building of America as we know it.
With Oktoberfest right around the corner, I will revisit this issue over sausage, cabbage and black bread, and wash it down with das Bier.
Easy Waters 
In my interactions with many people some political, and some not when I hear talk of civil war it does not have anything to do with racial tension. Race has not emerged other than the illegal aliens invading the country. But what I am hearing laments about is the march towards communism and dictatorial control like laws passed in New York that if your social media posting are found to not be agreeable to state you will get a knock on the door. What I also here s why Black Rock, State Street, and Vanguard are taking control of corporate social policy of companies they control and the funds they use to make the sales like pension funds of people who have no vote or say how their money in leveraged towards leftist policies. That and more is what is causing deep division and consternation among the classes not race wars. Black men and woman are voicing ungodly policies the same way as white and Hispanic people are and we all work in the same blue and white collar groups. They also complain our union makes donations to democratic people and does not ask us. So there are letters being sent out to recover money from dues used for political support and it’s increasing but not publicized.
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Maybe you can’t hear the dog whistles! I did not make up the term, RAHOW — that’s what “white nationalists” have been saying for years. In fact, I reference it in my book that was published in 2000,
And the “Left”/”Right” argument is so tired. Isn’t politics much more complicated than saying Communism/Socialism v. Capitalism? This is a throwback to the so-called Cold War! Come on, we grew up during the Cold War. Even our cartoons indoctrinated us to be true red, white and blue Americans. And let me tell you, both my father served in the segregated U.S. Army as a teenager during WWII, and my great uncle served in the segregated U.S. Army during WWI.
W.E.B. wrote at the beginning of the 20th century that race would be an issue. Here we are in the 21st century and it’s still present. And if you don’t think racist tropes are out there…. And even Black folk. How the hell can someone claim to be “Black Nazi!”
Well, Black folk have longed lived in a world where white folk don’t want to talk about race, or downplay how it’s woven into the social fabric of America.
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The governor said he never stated black nazi to begin. You hold the communist capitalist is tired but the UN IS HELL BENT on establishing a one world govt no cars no houses micro apartments no nationalism . I also note that this trend to erase history and usher in new culture as I hear from Ocasio Cortez is straight out of Chairman Mao, Pol Pot, Khilmer Rouge . Even Ms Harris engages in Marxist dialects. You should review famous speech of Niketa Kruchev about how communism will conquer the west from within. He laid it out and they are following it chapter and verse. Kill God, control education, and more. The barbarians are in the city because they left the gates open. I talk with union members black, white, Hispanic, and the revolution they speak about has nothing to do with race but control and the erosion of our civil liberties, repressive taxation and corporate folly. The man who runs this yard is black, my immediate supervisor is black , 100 million or more in equipment in this yard, they are not talking about white privilege but about the hand of repression being organized against America from within and without. I take issue with the Marxist encroachment. Blackrock implements policies in the companies they control to further that agenda and the people in the pension fund never have a say. When Larry Finks head explodes or plane crashes will there be new believers about what is ultimately allowable.
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