They picked Hayes because of his race? I didn't think they were so p.c. at
the time. Plus, the same men didn't raise the flag every time and I don't
think at the time they knew it would become the major icon that it is.
Who knows though, as they were really into propaganda and symbolism back
then, so you could be right. Could you get back to me

But back to the NY firefighters statue- were the men in the picture asked?
How would you feel if you took place in this symbolic act that has become so
important and then you find out that because your race isn't p.c. enough
you're being replaced by someone else?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kathleen Wadell [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 11:29 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: flag- raising
>
>
> Is it true that the photographers on Iwo Jima arranged it so
> that a Native
> American soldier was part of the flag- raising, or is that my
> cynical mind's re-
> working of my cynical history studies?  Unfortunately, I
> don't have a reference
> library in the office.  (I do know that one of the flag-
> raisers was Native
> American, and that he died a horrible death, but I don't
> remember his name.
> Again, reference- library problem. But was he chosen becuase
> of his race?)
>
> Still, I'd like to make a point:  Monuments are propaganda.
> News photos are
> propaganda.  Propaganda (and anything human- made, used to
> make a point, can be
> considered propaganda) is INVARIABLY a manipulation of the
> truth.  It's the
> manipulation that helps us feel so strongly about an image.
> And Americans have been manipulating images to show racial
> inclusion for many,
> many years, long before the phrase "political correctness"
> came into being.
>
> If you need proof, ask me tomorrow and I'll provide it later
> this week, after I
> get a chance to look up some history images.
>
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