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Well, I think you're wrong, but I don't really care enough about this topic or your opinion of it to keep arguing with you.
Have the best day ever.
I never heard one officer make a racial comment or gesture in 20+ years in the Navy. I have seen officers send young sailors to Capt's Mast for this though.
Yes... so you have suggested. And I take you at your word. I simply note the discrepancy between your own experience/perception and that of another squid, whom I trust. If you'd like to explore the possible explanations for the variance... we could. But it would, necessarily, never rise above mere speculation.
Impressive. Do you do yoga as a warmup??
All of that nonsense so that you could claim a single first brigadier general? KK my turn:
US Civil War:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racia...United_States_Armed_Forces#United_States_Army
So in short, the military AT BEST, reached desegregation an entire 6 years after the rest of the country was being told to desegregate. Come on, let's not rewrite history and call anybody a pioneer when they were moving at the same rate (if not slower) than everyone else.
As far as this thread goes, my point was simple. If these women are racists, why would they join a structure where they'd be under the people they feel superior to?
I never claimed they were racists.
I only stated that dismissing racism inherent in symbolism because there are cases where it is NOT racist is naive.
In their case here, they are just emulating a popular pop star (Beyonce) who has been running around pushing some agenda by trying to bring back black panther symbolism to her performances.
At least those are my thoughts on the matter.
Meanwhile, in the confederate flag threads!
So in short, the military AT BEST, reached desegregation an entire 6 years after the rest of the country was being told to desegregate. Come on, let's not rewrite history and call anybody a pioneer when they were moving at the same rate (if not slower) than everyone else.
As far as this thread goes, my point was simple. If these women are racists, why would they join a structure where they'd be under the people they feel superior to?
That is because you are wrong in so many ways, and have little understanding of the deck plate level of the military.
It applies there too. Stating that racism is inherent in all symbolism because there are cases where it IS used in a racist manner is also naive.
You're pretty much flat out wrong here.
The U.S. military was desegregated by 1948.
By 1960, full integration of the races had been completed by the USMC, but racial tensions flared up through the next decade, a period of civil rights activism in the larger society.[7]
I am not arguing that the military has ALWAYS been some paragon of racial equality, of course it hasn't been, but it has always led American society in general in terms of racial inclusion and equality.
By the "logic" you're employing here, no African American with racist leanings would ever work for a while man, or for a company owned by a white man, or for a white manager, and certainly not for a Fortune 500 corporation.
Do you not see how obtuse that argument is?
I've never gotten a clear answer on what the Confederate flag supposedly represents other than the Confederacy and its actions. "Heritage, not hate!" Heritage of what, exactly?
If that were a group of white cadets, the narrative would be totally different and you know it.
Being that this concerns black cadets, the right-wing nut jobs cannot stand it when blacks do well. Anything they can find to screw things up, they take it. Despicable!
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