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West Point investigating photo of cadets with raised fists
The Washington Times ^ | May 5, 2016 | Andrew Blake

Posted on 05/05/2016 11:09:18 AM PDT by jazusamo

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.

John Burk, an Army veteran who served in the Iraq War before launching a popular fitness website, accused the 16 female cadets photographed in the picture of aligning themselves with the Black Lives Matter movement by posing with their fists raised — a gesture that indeed has been adopted by the protest movement, as well as other, unrelated groups for centuries.

If the gesture was meant to show support for the Black Lives Matter movement, he wrote, then the women may have violated a Department of Defense directive that prohibits enlisted members from engaging in “partisan political activity” while in uniform.

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KEYWORDS: afroturf; astroturf; blackcadets; blackkk; blackliesmatter; blacklivesmatter; blackpanthers; blm; cadets; obama; racism; raisedfists; redistribution; reparations; usarmy; usma; westpoint; whiteprivilege
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The new 0bama military.
1 posted on 05/05/2016 11:09:18 AM PDT by jazusamo
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To: jazusamo

The military has not changed. Sarc.


2 posted on 05/05/2016 11:11:41 AM PDT by phormer phrog phlyer
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To: jazusamo

The affirmative action admits. What more would you expect?


3 posted on 05/05/2016 11:12:16 AM PDT by bkopto
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To: Blue Jays

I thought West Point cadets were supposed to be smart?

4 posted on 05/05/2016 11:13:17 AM PDT by Blue Jays (Rock Hard, Ride Free)
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So what's the big deal? The boss does it:


5 posted on 05/05/2016 11:14:44 AM PDT by bkopto
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To: jazusamo

It’s racist.
They need to be bounced out of the military.


6 posted on 05/05/2016 11:16:44 AM PDT by mabelkitty (Trump Train)
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16 female cadets

And, I'm assuming, BLACK female cadets.

"Diversity makes us stronger."

7 posted on 05/05/2016 11:18:09 AM PDT by IronJack
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There was a time when people like this were rightly relegated to the fringes of society, and shunned.

Now, we give them slots at prestigious military academies, slots that could have gone to competent white people who love America.


8 posted on 05/05/2016 11:18:33 AM PDT by T-Bone Texan (Don't be a lone wolf. Form up small leaderlesss cells ASAP !)
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The United States Military Academy, also known as West Point. (Image: http://www.inthearenafitness.com/index.php/racism-within-west-point)
9 posted on 05/05/2016 11:19:10 AM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Free Republic? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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Deny them their commissions as they obviously will not support and defend the Constitution of the United States. Then make them pay for their education or pull latrine duty for 5 years.


10 posted on 05/05/2016 11:25:48 AM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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Please bump the Freepathon or click above to donate or become a monthly donor!

11 posted on 05/05/2016 11:26:20 AM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Free Republic? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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We just can't win anymore.

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12 posted on 05/05/2016 11:27:45 AM PDT by Karl Spooner
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They are all black women (or possibly cross-dressers).


13 posted on 05/05/2016 11:28:48 AM PDT by pfflier
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Mmmm inspiring, not.


14 posted on 05/05/2016 11:30:59 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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I guarantee not a thing will happen except maybe an invite to the WH.


15 posted on 05/05/2016 11:31:11 AM PDT by Eagles6 ( Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
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I am thinking that was some sort of silliness and forced embarrassment.
Not too worried about that pic as much as the clenched fist BLM stuff.

16 posted on 05/05/2016 11:32:13 AM PDT by Blue Jays (Rock Hard, Ride Free)
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This photo is of a tradition that First Class cadets take, where they modify their uniforms to look 19th century, and pose in particular manner (some of them appear to be lounging, leaning against posts, etc.), and this photo is usually taken on the stairs of one of the older barracks.

Typically, this type of photo would make it to the yearbook (Howitzer), and each company’s first class cadets take such a photo. This photo is not all from one company, but it very well may be a club photo, intended for use in the Howitzer...and I’m wondering if it actually did make it into the published book.

The ‘clubs’ can be just about anything - from fencing to kayaking to history. Being part of a ‘club’ usually allows you to go on off-post field trips, without taking leave.

One of the clubs I remember is the Contemporary Affairs Seminar, or CAS. We called it ‘Caucasians Aren’t Sh@t’. It was supposed to be about politics and current events, but was really a club that all the black cadets joined...and the officer leadership that ran the club was mostly black officers. I thought they somewhat abused the system, as they went on an off-post trip just about every other week. And who knows what kind of anti-white echo chamber it was on their trips. All I know is that they were effectively self-segregating...spending a large portion of their (very limited) free recreational time deliberately avoiding white cadets.

This must be a similar club, limited to women. I had a black woman cadet in charge of me at one point during my time there (88-92). She was smart, and ‘squared away’ - a good cadet. But she kept getting sucked into this type of nonsense, which is really a shame.

Anyway - its not new. They’ve just been emboldened enough to go above ground.

Oh, it was fairly well beat into our heads not to engage in anything political while in uniform or representing the military. They had to have known better, but assumed their cause trumped the rules.


17 posted on 05/05/2016 11:32:50 AM PDT by lacrew
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Sadly I agree with you.


18 posted on 05/05/2016 11:32:56 AM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Free Republic? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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Thank you...That sounds most possible and like you say, they’re now emboldened enough to go above ground.


19 posted on 05/05/2016 11:37:54 AM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Free Republic? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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Its nearly always the light-skinned blacks who are most radical. Why is that?


20 posted on 05/05/2016 11:38:38 AM PDT by PGR88
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