Posted on 02/04/2021 7:39:21 PM PST by dynachrome
The US Navy should rename warships and other assets that have racist connotations, as part of a modernization drive to promote diversity, the task force that shapes navy policy has recommended. "Certain Navy ship names have been highlighted by Congress and in the media for connections to confederate or white supremacist ideologies," Task Force One Navy said in its report, published on Wednesday.
The 141-page report called for a review to "identify assets honoring those associated with the Confederacy and identify assets named after racist, derogatory or culturally insensitive persons, events or language."
It also recommends changing the wording for grooming standards by removing subjective language, which may result in the perception of racial bias.
A similar move was taken by the US Army last week, which announced it was relaxing its uniform policy, in the name of "equity, inclusion and diversity."
Its new rules mean that female soldiers will be allowed to sport earrings and lipstick, while service personnel of both genders will be allowed to paint their nails.
(Excerpt) Read more at rt.com ...
Note that everyone can paint their nails now. Xi and Putin are dying....from laughter.
(yeah, it's Russia Times. Very little truth in main US media, now)
USS RuPaul
Harvey Milk was a pederast and Jim Jones’ lover.
If we are going to blacklist some names, get busy.
Thank you Nimrata Randhawa
My advice is to use gender neutral names like Dakota or Taylor. HUGS
Agreed, our enemies are seeing the destruction of our military. They are overjoyed
Let’s start with The USS John McCain.
The two Americas are not compatible
USS Wetback——gone. USS Chink——gone. No doubt the new AAAAAA secdef is on board. So to speak. :-)
Re-naming a marine vessel is bad luck... I would not want to go to sea on a re-named combat vessel
I wonder how soon china will figure we won’t/can’t do anything when they take over Taiwan? 6 months to purge the military enough?
USS Gender Bender
“Man the boats,” has been struck from USN vocabulary.
I am glad my father is not here to see this.
The USS Harvey Milk is a certainty.
And other gay, lesbian, bisexuals, transexuals, transgendered, queers and trans-specie-sexuals are next in line.
This is the United States of America & the world must adopt our values.
Thanks for posting that. I was going to ask if it wasn't bad luck to rename a ship, especially military ships. They are christened with that name for a reason.
Any chance we can change the name of the longest street in America? M L K avenue, boulevard, street, whatever you want to call it.
USS Raging Queen
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