Can We Be Heroes, Too
Posted: 24 Oct 2002
Abstract
This article begins with the controversy over a proposed monument based on a widely disseminated photograph of three firefighters raising the American flag over the ruins of the World Trade Center. The three firefighters were White. The proposed monument would have had one White firefighter, one Black, and one Hispanic. This article argues that the controversy over the proposed monument serves as a microcosm for the larger and more important struggle over racial and gender diversity within fire departments, generally.
Keywords: gender diversity, fire departments, world trade center flag photograph
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Chang, Robert S., Can We Be Heroes, Too. Loyola-LA Public Law Research No. 28, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=339361
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