West Point shuts down clubs centered on race and gender

[Superbadbrutha]

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Never been a Cadet at Westpoint ... Have been in the Military and a Veteran now.
I didn't have to go to Westpoint to become a Chief Warrant Officer ...
Know what is required of our Soldiers and our Commanders.

It's never simply about what you want or would like ... Division of any kind is counterproductive to unit cohesion.
Cadets, Enlisted and Officers do have free time ... And unless instructed otherwise they can spend it how they choose.

That absolutely does not require Command to provide them with anything that is counterproductive to
what the Commander chooses for those under their command ...
And any Cadet or Soldier, at any level, needs to understand that from the get-go.

"It ain't about you" ...

Look at the bright side though ... If you were a CO, or the XO at the moment, and felt they should attend ethnic groups ...
You could simply tell them to ... And there wouldn't be anything the Cadets or Soldiers could say about that.

Militaries have also been training soldiers for a very long time ...
And they really don't need advice from the civilian world on how to effectively accomplish that ...
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Outstanding BS very well explained.

 

[Superbadbrutha]

You shifted the goal post. Plus, your interpretation of racism is so broad. I was talking on a global basis. You probably think America is the only country with racism. Think again.

I live in America.

 

[Superbadbrutha]

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Judaism is a Religion and not a Race ... And if you think they are all white ... Sammy Davis Jr was Jewish ...

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Oh I understand that, the early Jews were black. Example: If I were walking down the street and passed 2 white men and one of them was Jewish, how would you know the Jewish man from the other man?

 

[BlackSand]

Tell that to the man who claims that they are all racist.

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It's particularly hard to call Muslims Racists ... There are more than 1.6 billion Muslims worldwide.
Ethnically ... They consist of Blacks, Whites, Arabs and Asians for the most part.

Of course, any conflict there would be Religious Persecution and not Racism ...
Whether or not one's particular lean on the matter pivots on their desires, or the dogma driven requirement to kill the Infidels.

Still not Racism.

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[DigitalDrifter]

anyone know WHAT CLUBS?

The clubs disbanded include the Latin Cultural Club, National Society of Black Engineers Club, Society of Women Engineers Club, Asian-Pacific Forum Club, Contemporary Cultural Affairs Seminar Club, Corbin Forum, Japanese Forum Club, Korean-American Relations Seminar, Native American Heritage Forum, Society for Hispanic Professional Engineers, Spectrum, and the Vietnamese-American Cadet Association.

 

[BlackSand]

Oh I understand that, the early Jews were black. Example: If I were walking down the street and passed 2 white men and one of them was Jewish, how would you know the Jewish man from the other man?

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You'll understand, when you understand ... "Why would I even care" ...

Not to diminish their faith ... Or fail to understand their history ...
Just with the understanding that it wouldn't make a difference to me whether or not they were Jewish.

Every Religion has sects that are not a very good representation of the entire Religion ...
I would be more interested in sharing ideas with the Jewish person ... And finding where our Principles meet rather than collide.

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[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

So you are on guard duty when you are sleeping, or when you are on leave?

You serve 24/7/365. I am sorry that concept escapes you. I was once recalled from leave to take my ship out to evade a hurricane.

 

[BlackSand]

The most racist things I’ve heard in my lifetime came out of the mouths from non-whites.

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I cannot say that ... I unfortunately had a grandmother that could give any one of the other assholes
a run for their money in the Racism competition ... Not a very nice woman, and I chose not to associate with her ...

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