Were African American platoons actually used as cannon fodder during the Korean War?

by JonYak

I saw this comment and I tried fact checking it on google but I couldn't find anything detailed. Does anybody know if this actually happened?

https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/4mhwyk/muhammad_ali_when_they_told_him_to_participate_on/d3vvc5d

Rittermeister

No, it's absolute, unadulterated bullshit. The US military began slowly desegregating in 1948, and while many black units remained in 1950, they were well on the way out. It is true that many black soldiers faced discrimination and prejudice; it is also true that some black units acquired possibly undeserved reputations for incompetence or cowardice as a result of scapegoating. In any case, throwing bodies at the Chinese (who certainly had more than one rifle for every twenty men, ugh) was never American practice. His links are nothing more than photos of black troops. I can't emphasize enough that this is terrible history and devoid of factual underpinnings.