Re: West Point won’t punish cadets in raised-fist photo
That doesn't surprise me. In short, you're trying to expect us all to believe that women who:
1. Willingly signed up to join a hierarchy where their bosses will be from the primary group their alleged ideology has a problem with.
2. Willingly decided to be taught, regulated and disciplined by members of that group.
3. Willingly joined an organization that has historically discriminated against them.
Are racists.
What a load of crap.
The U.S. military in general, and the U.S. Army in particular, have always been pioneers of racial integration and equality.
This is especially true for the officer corp.
Benjamin O. Davis Sr., the first African American to reach the U.S. Army's General Officer ranks, was promoted to Brigadier General on October 25, 1940.
Dr. Clifton R. Wharton, Jr., the first African American to be appointed CEO of a Fortune 500 company (TIAA-CREF) didn't achieve that distinction until 1987.
Since that time only 15 African American business executives, in total, have ever been appointed CEO of a Fortune 500 company.
In that same period of time there have been hundreds of African Americans to serve as General Officers across all four branches of the armed services.
Marcelite J. Harris was the first African American female to serve as a General Officer in the U.S. military with a date of rank of May 1, 1991.
The first African American woman, Ursula M. Burns, to be appointed CEO of a Fortune 500 Company didn't achieve the distinction until 2009.
With Executive Order 9981, issued on July 26, 1948, Harry S. Truman officially abolished racial discrimination and segregation in the United States Armed Forces.
Segregation and discrimination didn't "officially" end in the civilian sector until the Civil Rights Act of 1964, though it could be argued that in many respects certain institutions and segments of society are still "unofficially" segregated or discriminatory toward African Americans.
And look, none of this is to say that African Americans encounter nothing but "blue skies and following seas" in the military.
I'm fully aware that the majority of senior military officers are still white and that blacks can encounter certain racist headwinds.
But what they encounter in the military is NOTHING like what they'll encounter in the civilian workforce.
I don't know whether these women at USMA were/are racist or not, and neither do you.
But to claim that they couldn't be simply by virtue of the fact that they accepted a free education at one of the most prestigious institutions of higher learning on the planet is ludicrous.