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One of the things they teach in ROTC is that you can t lead from behind. No matter what the diplomats might tell you. An officer or NCO can t point to the objective and push the men to it. A leader has to pull. From the front. He might not take point on patrol, but he s within whispering distance. If he s a good soldier himself. ....
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areas. but which was rapidly becoming black. when he rented to black tenants, he was called a blockbuster. if he were to refuse to rent to them, he d be called a racist. given his public posture, he could not sell the buildings as black people were beginning to move in, then he would clearly be a hypocrite. if he sold after the neighborhood became all black, he d find for buyers except the speculators that he was denouncing. of course, he could not participate in the plunder engaged by these real estate speculators so he was basically left with one choice and that is to hold on and that s what he decided to do. he held onto the properties and he tried his hardest to maintain them while the area around them declined. but if his efforts to maintain them failed, then he would be called a slum lord. if the buildings were damaged by tenants, he would be called a slum lord as well. now what all this shows just as black people who wanted to leave ....