Those posters, which showed Uncle Sam pointing at the viewer accompanied by the straightforward tagline of “I want you for U.S. Army,” cemented the symbol’s place in U.S. history.

While Uncle Sam is perhaps most well-known for the historic “I want you” posters from World War I, the character has a specific meaning to the Black community that Lamar so often focuses on.

"We Don't Want You, Uncle Sam" is available on Kindle ebook and paperback now. For starters, the book says Gen Z needs an impact they can strive toward; a unique calling, bigger than the individual.

This intelligence officer, stationed in Australia, is also an author with a new book titled “We Don’t Want You Uncle Sam: Examining the Military Recruiting Crisis with Generation Z. ...

We need data scientists, coders and engineers as much as we need pilots, submariners and infantry. Skip to Main Content. ... Uncle Sam Wants You for a Military Job That Matters.