I've read a bit recently about how American segregation of troops stationed in the UK was kind of shocking and offensive to many British soldiers and civilians. I'm interested in how they got along with military personnel recruited from the empire.
Quite a few from the West Indies served as aircrew
http://www.caribbeanaircrew-ww2.com/
It should be noted, that these aircrew didnt serve in segregated squadrons and they would often be the only non-white person in their crew, let alone the squadron. For example:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulric_Cross
Otherwise it should be noted that many colonial troops like the Indian Army, Kings African Rifles and Gurkhas had been in existance for an extended period of time and had developed their own set of loyalties and traditions. In this sense, their attitiude towards white troops (and vice versa) would have been no different to business as usual.
http://www.kingsafricanriflesassociation.co.uk/the-history-of-the-kar/
Actually the only major full scale mutiny by colonial troops was the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and even then substantial numbers of colonial troops remained loyal (mainly Sikhs)
I've read a decent amount lately about how the UK/Dominion troops and populations didn't take too well to the American forces' practice of segregation.
I am curious as to how this was reconciled with the fact that the UK maintained a far flung empire at the time that was not necessarily progressive in its treatment of the native populations of its colonies and dependencies (though, from what I understand, relatively more progressive than other European powers who had overseas territories).
I'm also assuming that there had to be a decent amount of colonial troops stationed in the UK before D-Day, though I could be overestimating their presence.
This isn't meant try to force some sort of moral equivalency, just an honest inquiry.