Although the pay was low for the time-only $13 a month-many African Americans enlisted because they could earn more and be treated with more dignity than they typically could in civilian life.
How does the excerpt serve as a contradiction to the central idea surrounding the honor directed toward the Buffalo Soldiers?
• The civilian life offered a very elite position in society for Young and his soldiers
O The Buffalo Soldiers were not influenced by the images they projected in society
The money was not why Young and the Buffalo Soldiers risked their lives for their country
O The dignity expressed here doesn't align with the discrimination Young and his soldiers endured