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title: "Why did King call African Americans' fighting in Vietnam an \"irony\"?"  
description: "Why did King call African Americans' fighting in Vietnam an \"irony\"?"  
author: "Torres mary"  
published: 2018-05-30  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/43338/why-did-king-call-african-americans-fighting-in-vietnam-an-irony  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why did King call African Americans' fighting in Vietnam an "irony"? 

Why did King call [African Americans](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42788/during-world-war-i-how-did-the-lives-of-african-americans-in-the-military-reflect-the-lives-of-african-americans-at-home)' fighting in [Vietnam](https://www.mindstick.com/news/4044/meta-expands-mixed-reality-headset-production-facilities-in-vietnam) an "irony"? \
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