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'We're all struggling with this': The Army's top enlisted service member opens up about race

'We're all struggling with this': The Army's top enlisted service member opens up about race

Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael A. Grinston, the highest ranking enlisted member of the U.S. Army, discusses his upbringing in Alabama and why he sometimes felt, being biracial, he was "not black enough for black people."

Capehart

June 23, 202030m 44s

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Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael A. Grinston, the highest ranking enlisted member of the U.S. Army, discusses his upbringing in Alabama and why he sometimes felt, being biracial, he was "not black enough for black people."

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