West Point.......Really?

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If this picture was reversed, and you had all white males, signing, heads would be rolling and an uproar across the country would be heard.

Posing for this kind of stuff and then, posting it on social media not only smacks of disrespect. but discounts the core of Army Values we hear so much about and is just plain stupid. It's racist and has no place in our military.

Our future leaders.......:rolleyes:

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Army Value: Loyalty.

Fail.

"We'll treat everyone in our future commands equally... as long as they're black. And agree with the actions of BLM." :-oO_o

This, at least, is a fine leadership lesson about decisions having consequences; this will follow every one of those Cadets into their careers. :wall:
 
That article is not surprising to me at all. It actually makes me think back to my last deployment, when Obama was elected the first time. The other NCO I worked with, we worked well together and were what I though was friends. The day after Obama won the election I was walking to the chow hall and bumped into him on the way. I said "did you hear that Obama was elected" and he responded by saying "yeah and all you white motherfuckers are going to finally get yours, its our turn now". I asked him what he meant because I was in total disbelief he would say something like that and all he kept saying is you'll see.

Unfortunately he ran his mouth off to a few others who weren't as willing to be understanding and it cost him. But for the longest time I thought on that and wondered, how I worked with this guy, joked, ran missions, worked out in the gym, ate meals with, etc, who I thought was a friend, could actually hate me or think that I was somehow holding him back or mistreating him in any way. My conclusion is that it's got more to do with the history in black culture and the demonizing of white people (rightfully so in the past), and had nothing to do with the actual individual, or their personality or behavior's.

The problem that I see, is growing up there was all kinds of racist groups, the whites had their skin heads, the blacks and Latinos had their groups, but they were all treated as outcast and their behavior was unacceptable to the rest. Now its like a reversal in that its okay for black people to hate white people and somewhat popular to the point that white people are hating white people. Its a very strange world we're living in nowadays and I really hope we quickly get past this bump in the road in American culture.
 
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How in the Hell did they ever think this was good idea, and what idiot took the photo?

Their transition into the Co-ed student population did not go well either.

FWIW, I was one of the people who recruited the first co-ed class at VMI. I was very conflicted about it, but we had no choice per USSC Mandate, so we did the very best we could. I took the tack of recruiting students for any undergraduate program, and playing up the academic advantages had over other co-ed institutions. I kept a sharp eye out for anyone who even looked like "media", and simply would not interface with them. Not one interview, and not one photo from start to finish. On of the rules we had to stick to, from the USSC, was that we could not interface with the Citadel, USMA, and the USNA, for information on their co-ed related issues. VMI had to develop it's program with blinders on, issued to us by the USSC:wall:.
 
There were two reasons I didn't re-up. One was complications from foot and leg injuries, the other was the erosion of discipline in the 6th Marine Regiment due to the reluctance of officers to enforce regulations among African American Marines for fear of creating a racial "incident." With no disrespect to my African American friends, in all honesty, command bent over backwards to accommodate the troublemakers and in so doing made the problem much, much worse.
 
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Cadet photo was inappropriate, but not political

The 16 black female cadets who posed for a photo with their fists raised and sparked a nationwide debate will face no punitive action, West Point officials announced Tuesday. The women will, however, receive additional counseling prior to graduating this month.

The academy opened an investigation on April 28 and interviewed the cadets involved as well as the photographer. There was no evidence these cadets intended to make a political statement, according to a memo that summarizes the inquiry's findings. The investigator also concluded there were no violations of Defense Department Directive 1344.10, which spells out the rules for service members engaging in political activities. Instead the photo was deemed a "spur of the moment" pose with the intent,as one cadet put it, to "showcase the awesome black women in our class."

Even so, the photo pose was "inappropriate," according to the major who conducted the official inquiry.

West Point Superintendent Lt. Gen. Robert Caslen agreed.

"While the inquiry did not find that these cadets violated a policy or regulation, it did determine that they demonstrated a lapse of awareness in how symbols and gestures can be misinterpreted and cause division," Caslen wrote in a letter Tuesday to the Corps of Cadets. "The impact of this photo, regardless of its intent, is evident. It is unfortunate that this perception brought attention to our Alma Mater for all the wrong reasons."

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Inappropriate, but not political? More like the handling of the whole thing was glossed over.

Last time I checked, a raised fist by a group was most certainly a "Political Sign"

Nothing more to see here, move along now. :rolleyes:
 
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