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I just felt that Burns sold the black troopers short (in the bit
of the series that I saw). Sort of implied that they just sat
around + complained about not getting into the thick of it.

Maybe I didn't see the specific sequence, but I think Burns probably
did get the general disappointment of many black soldiers
for not getting put forward just like non-black units.

Even if it's fair comment for the documentary, I get the feeling
Burns + PBS are going to find some reason to "Blame America First".
As I mused earlier, I would not be suprised if Burns would slam
Ike for not having more affirmative action in order to get
more "soldiers of color" killed in action.

"Maybe I didn't see the specific sequence, but I think Burns probably did get the general disappointment of many black soldiers for not getting put forward just like non-black units. ".

It would have been better if Burns included what the black soldiers actually did and not what they didn't do. They did a great job in driving the Red Ball Express into combat zones. I didn't see that yet. Maybe later. I know the December 1944 and afterward period from my own observations. I'll check it out.

BTW I don't see this so far as any 'hate America' exercise.