Posted on 07/22/2009 5:55:12 AM PDT by Kaslin
The U.S. Naval Academy's PowerPoint display explains diversity by saying, "Diversity is all the different characteristics and attributes of individual sailors and civilians which enhance the mission readiness of the Navy," adding that: "Diversity is more than equal opportunity, race, gender or religion. Diversity is the understanding of how each of us brings different skills, talents and experiences to the fight -- and valuing those differences. Leveraging diversity creates an environment of excellence and continuous improvement to remove artificial achievement barriers and value the contribution of all participants." Admiral Gary Roughead, chief of Naval Operations, says that "diversity is the No. 1 priority" at the academy.
Diversity at the Naval Academy, as at most academic institutions, is not about equal opportunity but a race and sex spoils system to achieve what the Navy brass see as a pleasing race and sex mix. They accomplish that vision by the removal of "artificial achievement barriers." Let's go over what the Naval Academy sees as an artificial achievement barrier. A black candidate with B and C grades, with no particular leadership qualities, and 500 on both portions of the SAT, is virtually guaranteed admittance. A white student, who's not an athlete, with such scores is deemed not qualified.
Many black students are admitted to the Naval Academy through remedial training at the Naval Academy Preparatory School (NAPS) in Newport, R.I., which is a one-year post-secondary school. Finishing the year with a 2.0 GPA, a C average, almost guarantees admission to the academy. A C average for remedial work is nothing to write home about. Occasionally, when students don't make the 2.0 GPA target, the target is renegotiated downward. Minority applicants with SAT scores down to the 300s and with Cs and Ds grades (and no particular leadership or athletics) are also admitted after a remedial year at the Naval Academy Preparatory School.
Bruce Fleming, an English professor at the academy for 22 years, teaches a remedial English class and finds that in his spring 2009 class, most of NAPS's students earn Cs and Ds and many are on probation. About seven years ago Professor Fleming was on the admissions board, where the standing instruction is not to write anything down because "everything is 'FOI'able" -- meaning it can be demanded under the Freedom of Information Act. Such an instruction highlights the dishonesty of race preferences. The dishonesty doesn't stop there. The academy will go to great lengths to retain black students. When Professor Fleming charged a black student with plagiarism, he was not properly informed of the hearing and subsequently the student's peer group found him not guilty. Honor violations by black students are usually "remediated."
I suspected that the Naval Academy's diversity agenda would give rise to resentments so I asked Professor Fleming about it. He said there are two levels of resentment. Some black students, who were admitted to the academy meritoriously on the same basis as white students, resent the idea of being seen as having the same academic qualities as blacks who were given preferential treatment, in other words being dumb. Another level of resentment comes from white students who see blacks as being admitted and retained at lower levels of academic performance and being treated with kid gloves. If these whites openly complained about the unequal treatment, they would run the risk of being labeled as racists. This is one of the unappreciated aspects of preferential treatment. It runs the risk of creating racist attitudes, and possibly feelings of racial superiority, among whites and others who were formerly racially neutral.
Colleges and universities with racially preferential admittance policies are doing a great disservice to blacks in another, mostly ignored, way. By admitting poorly prepared blacks, they are helping to conceal the grossly fraudulent education the blacks receive at the K through 12 grades.
LOL! My, my. How they have learned to thrash about in the rank undergrowth of the English language without saying anything at all.
In a word. no. E Pluribus Unum.
The Balkans have got diversity.
Fat lot of good it does them.
I guess we finally see the culmination of Rev. King's dream that some day people would be judged by the color of their skin, not by the content of their character.
Even the screw-ups.
Ping.
Yeah Im sure the Peoples Liberation Army (RedChina) gives a real big emphasis on “diversity”. Give me a break.
Silly me. I would have thought it was to train the next generation of leaders to keep our nation safe. But what do I know...I'm just a white male neanderthal.
My company has a similarly worded policy. Not to mention the ‘diversity’ training we must also take.
I bet the USNA’s football and sports program is more competitive after this action.
Seriously though, as a former USMC officer, diversity is not a strength in the military. The military is a team effort, and weak links/affirmative action officers do not make the team stronger. Regardless of their skin color, religion or any other criteria.
Diversity is....a hoax.
What a bunch of Marxist BS. We used to value excellence and achievement now egalitarianism is the ultimate goal. The PTB have been trying for centuries if not thousands of years to contain, control and force “one world” mainly for nefarious reasons but even if for altruistic ideas the fact that you must force people into it destroys everything that ever made our country great. Western thoughts and ideas are NOT universal ideas.
So this drivel from our government begs the question just what is an American?
Me too. Semper fi.
A few years ago, Professor Fleming was at the heart of a firestorm in SHIPMATE (USNA alumni magazine) over an aspect of the perceived preferential treatment given to minorities. He and I had a few heated email exchanges until I came to realize that he really does have the best interests of USNA, the USN and the nation at heart. I am now at least a lukewarm fan of his, although I would doubt that you will ever see him on FR. In any event Dr. Williams is as always right on target.
And yet, they have yet to show ONE STUDY showing actual benefits of “diversity”. There are studies showing the OPPOSITE, but none showing any benefits.
Japan, for example, is a very homogeneous society, and also very successful.
And the Balkans would be the example of “diversity” and its “benefits”.
Whenever you have two or more people in the room, you have diversity....PERIOD! Every other definition is sanctioned racism.
Militant
Diversity is the rationale people use to replace qualified white males with less qualified or unqualified women and minorities. Rather than choosing the “best” applicant (no matter what it looks like), it is an excuse to hire minorities on the basis that they bring something to the job that white males lack. No one has EVER shown that a racially diverse group functions better than a homogeneous one. In fact, I think all the available data shows that it significantly reduces productivity and cohesiveness. Diversity required that you believe that hiring less skilled workers INCREASES productivity, a proposition which is ridiculous on its face. Non-diverse groups are capable of phenominal accomplishments, like putting men on the moon. Does anyone seriously believe that we would have gotten there sooner if there had been a bunch of C students on the team?
This goes a long way to explaining the bumbling fool we have in the WH. How did he get there?
Fraud and “useful idiots”
Diversity in itself is not a strength. Diversity is a potential weakness that must be overcome with unity -- a sense of shared identity and purpose. Diversity programs are destructive because they highlight differences at the expense of common identity and purpose. Such emphasis no differences is the essence of "Balkanization."
I had not heard that.
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