Pentagon Manual Says White Males Have Unfair Advantage

Investor's Business Daily ^ | Novermber 8, 2013 | IBD EDITORIALS

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Political Correctness: A healthy, white, heterosexual, Christian man has unfair advantages in the U.S. military over other soldiers, says a training manual approved by the Pentagon, warning in great detail about a so-called White Male Club.

Those who thought the U.S. military was already the ultimate level playing field, a place where skill and fighting ability were what mattered, not gender, race or religious belief, were sadly mistaken, at least according to a 600-plus-page manual used by the military to train its Equal Opportunity officers.

According to the manual, put together by the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute (DEOMI), and approved by the Pentagon, the U.S. military mirrors and is drawn from a racist society where whites have an unfair advantage, a situation that carries over to military service.

"Simply put, a healthy, white, heterosexual, Christian male receives many unearned advantages of social privilege, whereas a black, homosexual, atheist female in poor health receives many unearned disadvantages of social privilege," reads a statement in the manual, which seems more intent on perpetuating white guilt and black victimhood than discussing sensitivities and tolerance.

Regarding a so-called "White Male Club," the manual states: "In spite of slave insurrections, civil war, the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments, the women's suffrage movement leading to the 19th amendment, the civil rights movement, urban rebellions and the contemporary feminist movement, the club persists.

"Today some white people may use the tactic of denial when they say, 'It's a level playing field; this is a land of equal opportunity,'" the manual reads. "Assume racism is everywhere, every day," read a statement in a section titled, "How to be a strong 'white ally.' "

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[Diana in Wisconsin]

As a Vet, I wholeheartedly agree. I thought it was bad under Clinton when senior NCOs and junior Officers left in DROVES.

Nobody talks about that for some reason...

I’m so SICK of this! Any time a Dem is in charge, the military is slashed and weakened. Then, the Pubbies take over (for what THAT’S even worth anymore!) and we spend the next 4-8 years rebuilding our military and being attacked on our own soil!

It’s insanity! Peace Through Superior Firepower! Your ENEMIES should FEAR you, not expect you to BOW to them. *SPIT*

We are in a world of hurt. Not sure if American can recover from these past 6 years - with TWO MORE TO GO!

[dsc]

“Nobody talks about that for some reason...”

There’s a lot of crap that happened under Kennedy, Johnson, and Carter that nobody talks about.

But you’re right—Clinton was recent enough that it should not be forgotten.

Vince Foster. Anybody?

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“I found it to be completely fair across the board.”

I found it to be grossly biased in favor of Negroes.

[Still Thinking]

"Assume racism is everywhere, every day,"

I don't need to assume, I see it practically every day. This report itself, for example.

[Still Thinking]

They’re trying to create a air of hostility in the military workplace (see how you can use their terminology), to chase out anybody with traditional values, anyone who believes in judging by individual merit. If they succeed, they’ll turn the services into an arm of the totalitarian regime, because there’ll be no one left in it with Constitutional values.

[Still Thinking]

Not sure if I’d go so far as to say “most”, but in my experience, racism is far more common among blacks than whites or hispanics. (Or white hispanics)

[George from New England]

I heard one of the Sunday morning talk shows say that ‘nobody gets fired from this administration’ even when there is an abundance of guilt.

Too bad they didn’t go on to point out ... The military leadership is full of firings, everytime you turn around another general has been purged on nothing more than suspicion.

Hmm.