re: Army is worried too many white men lead combat units; racial diversity lacking

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It's odd as shite.....that's why I posted the article. I'd be curious to know where these talking points are coming from.

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The White House or DOJ, I'm guessing.

About half the shite that comes out of either place has the race card involved in some way.

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Capt. Santana told USA Today. “There was no discrimination; there are just not a lot of people like you

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Then what is the fricking problem?

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There's not supposed to be any black or white. Everybody is supposed to be green.

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I know Social Engineering has been going on in the military since 1962.
In Navy Boot Camp, a Black American was selected as the Recruit Company Commander. After five weeks he had an accident. While eating chow, he got a chicken bone hung in his throat and had to be replaced. He was forced to wait on the next company to rinish his training.
That alone does not prove racism. However there were less than five African Americans in a Company 0f seventy eight young men. There were reservists as well as recruits who had had ROTC in college, who were passed over.

Out of Boot Camp I moved on to Missile Technician "A" School. A class roster had been established, with Seaman Recruit "Williams" as class leader. Williams was on the class roster but had not made it to base. Two days later Seaman Williams showed up. There was confusion. One recruit overheard one of the instructers comment to a fellow instructor, I thought Williams was Black? It was too late to change the roster without showing racism. A couple days later Seaman Johnson, who was black, showed up. They had gotten confused, was it Williams or Johmson.

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They had gotten confused, was it Williams or Johmson.

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I guess all those names just sounded alike to them.

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Sounds like sabotage ... most chickens being white and all.

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I was worried that was going to go in another direction.

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There will be a similar push in a few years to get more female combat commanders.

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And gays, as well.

In the early 40s Stalin purged many of his most competent commanders and replaced them with those he deemed politically acceptable.

The USSR paid dearly for that.

They've been trying to change the demographics for at least 12 years. Going through officer training, they would a have meeting for only minorities where they would push combat branches to them.

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Maybe there are institutional barriers for minorities.

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Anecdotally, I cannot find an instance in my memory where a minority soldier or officer's status as such was used in any way other than neutral or a positive.

In 26 years I cannot recall a single instance of an eligible minority soldier or officer being "bypassed" by a white soldier or officer - with the caveat that there are always "favored" children (fast trackers) that bypass everyone, regardless of race (I'm whiter than sour cream ) - AND a decent percentage of fast trackers are increasingly minority and female.

Well for the enlisted combat ranks minorities still make up a force similar or greater than the populous as a whole. So it's really not an issue unless you think minorities need to be of equal representation in all branches. Maybe they should promote whites in noncombat branches instead.