CONUS WWII- race riots by black soldiers against Axis POWs

Just had an idea based on how, at Ft Lawton, Washington in Aug 1944, black soldiers stationed there rioted against Italin POWs & lynched 1, due to resentment at the preferential treatment of the latter at their own expense under Jim Crow. Of course, in the Deep South, there were untold instances where, due to Jim Crow, German POWs sent there were allowed free run to eat at whites-only diners, cafes & use other such institutions which black servicemen were forbidden to, in their own country- sometimes even when black soldiers were guarding said POWs. Now, WI in response to their genuine racial grievances, more such violent disturbances occurred at posts around CONUS conducted by irate black soldiers against Axis POWs, with esp German prisoners being singled out & mistreated ? How would the progress of racial integration have been affected, & what about the War Dept's response ? Would the US have done its damnedest to hush up news of such racial incidents arising from its own entrenched system of inequality ? how would the Nazis have used such attacks on German POWs as propaganda, & would there have been reprisals against US POWs- esp blacks (there were some 33 Tuskegee airmen eventually shot down & held as POWs by the Germans, for starters)- held in LUFTSTALAGs ?
 
There would definately be reprisals, there was already the shackling incident, so something like that is likely.
 
I say that at that time, the DOD would possibly leak the story to more of the racist news outlets whom would spin the story into something like "Out of control Negroes take aggressions out on innocent German POW's". In the meantime, if the DOD ever gets asked about it, they would just play dumb and deny responsibility for everything or they would scorn the black soldiers for their "bad behavior".

Can you say RACE RIOTS kids? I thought you could.
 
I say that at that time, the DOD would possibly leak the story to more of the racist news outlets whom would spin the story into something like "Out of control Negroes take aggressions out on innocent German POW's". In the meantime, if the DOD ever gets asked about it, they would just play dumb and deny responsibility for everything or they would scorn the black soldiers for their "bad behavior".

Can you say RACE RIOTS kids? I thought you could.

And why would the War Department do that? They may be racist, but they have other priorities, like, idk, winning the war?

I'd say they'd probably hush it up, to "maintain morale".
 
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