Posted on 05/06/2016 7:13:58 AM PDT by C19fan
The United States Military Academy at West Point said Wednesday that an investigation is underway regarding a photograph that shows 16 black cadets in uniform posing with their fists in the air.
“We can confirm that the cadets in this photo are members of the U.S. Military Academy’s Class of 2016,” West Point’s director of public affairs, Lt. Col. Christopher Kasker, told Army Times on Wednesday. “Academy officials are conducting an inquiry into the matter.
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Keep Obama in president, you know.
I think they’re training warriors to do battle on Americans.
The fruits of an anti-American community organizer as CIC.
Looking at the photo, they’re all black females.
Wonder how their pre-academy academic records compare to the typical white male cadet’s. Bet the bar was low enough to trip over for them.
Black. Female. Double-win for the academy’s diversity quota.
Posted yesterday:
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If you wanted to alter the US military, in a social way, where would you go first? The officers. And West Point offers a huge opportunity to ‘get ‘em while they’re young’.
I was there ‘88-’92, and there already were ‘clubs’ that catered to blacks only...and they had just started a post graduate program for commissioned officers, in ‘leadership’...modern style ‘leadership’, that is. BTW, those Captains in that program are Brigadier generals now.
And I had one instructor in some social science class who wouldn’t quit yammering on about healthcare. This was circa 1990, an wasn’t a big issue. I kept wondering why he thought it was such a big deal. A few years later, Hillary is trying to get a healthcare bill passed, and my ex-professor is on TV as an expert talking head - straight out of West Point.
That was 25 years ago. I can’t imagine what its like now.
....at least three of them look female
We pay taxes for this?
Please delete as duplicate post
Are you kidding
All the flag rank remaining after the past 7 years have become the kommissars of implementing the sjw agenda in the ranks
Probably investigating whether they should be made generals or chicken colonels upon graduation.
....maybe they want out. Front line combat is all too real now
That was my first thought.
Black. Female. Double-win for the academy’s diversity quota.
No doubt you can add a third “diversity” check mark for many of those young ladies.
Because of the scarcity of women at West Point, combined with Title 9 requirements, most women there were accepted due to athletic prowess, more than academic accomplishments. Not a hard an fast rule, but generally true.
I remember one black female cadet in particular. She was in fact there because of academics. In fact, she had received some sort of NAACP stipend to attend. Keep in mind that it is free to attend, and they actually pay you. So this stipend was absurd, but she accepted it.
Anyway, her standards were low...very low. She almost instantly went on ‘profile’, which means injured, and did not participate in many, many of the first summer’s training.
I have to interject a true story: We were all being starved, and very weak after around 6 weeks...and ready to do a 17 mile road march the next day. The senior cadets in charge of us took pity on us, and produced a watermelon - to be shared by around 20 of us plebes. We considered it to be a huge treat, and something that would give us a small boost for the next day. It was cut up into 20 pieces, and we filed by to get one. I was last in line, and this black female was right ahead of me. Now she wasn’t facing a 17 mile march the next day - she was allegedly injured and slated to ride in the back of a truck. So, when she approached the plate, with two pieces left - one normal size and one the end sliver, I thought she might take the small piece. She didn’t.
Anyway, I lost track of her for the next few years, until near graduation. The officer in charge of her (Tactical Officer) made the huge mistake of being moral, and doing the right thing. He recommended that, although this cadet had completed all the graduation requirements, she not be commissioned into the army. He just didn’t think she had any of the skills necessary to be a leader, and just wanted to give her a diploma and have her leave the army.
Did I mention she was a black female? That poor bastard probably ruined his career, an she got a commission.
we need a photo of west point saluting KKK.
Trump needs to clean house upon arrival and call back the good ones that soetoro removed.
This week saw a huge BLM poster outside a Uniterian Church.
What? BS!!
Interesting story. Thank you for your service.
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