No, it was rude, but that doesn't mean he should get fired!
That email was racist PERIOD! Don't get mad because the decendents of slaves in this contry are checking you on whats real! Just be happy that we are doing it at all!
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.