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VMI will change honor system that expels Black cadets at disproportionate rates
Washington Post ^ | February 5, 2022 | Ian Shapira

Posted on 03/26/2022 7:20:02 AM PDT by Angelino97

Virginia Military Institute will make changes to its student-run honor court to make the system fairer to cadets accused of lying, cheating, stealing or other transgressions that can lead to expulsion.

VMI detailed the reforms in a progress report Friday in response to a state-ordered investigation into racism and sexism at the nation’s oldest state-supported military college.

The 70-page report, which the college gave to General Assembly members and the Virginia secretary of education, describes initiatives approved, enacted or begun last year, including mandatory diversity, equity, and inclusion training for administrators and members of VMI’s Board of Visitors, and changes to the Lexington school’s one-strike-and-you’re-out honor court system.

Black students at VMI were expelled by the honor court at a disproportionately high rate, according to data obtained by The Washington Post for the three academic years between the fall of 2017 and the spring of 2020. Though Black cadets made up about 6 percent of the student body, they represented about 43 percent of those expelled for honor code violations. Twelve out of the 28 VMI students dismissed in those three academic years were Black. When students of color were included in the count, the number of expelled rose to 15, or about 54 percent of the total, even though minorities made up about 21 percent of the student population in that three-year period.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: bidensfault; blackkk; blacksupremacy; honorcode; liecheatsteal; obamasfault; slouchingtogomorrah; virginia; vmi
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The dumbing down, and lowering of standards, in education and in the military, continues ...
1 posted on 03/26/2022 7:20:02 AM PDT by Angelino97
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Just eliminate the honor system entirely…let anything go…just like the blue hole cities…


2 posted on 03/26/2022 7:22:39 AM PDT by TnTnTn
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To: TnTnTn

And just replace any classes that are remotely military with 14th Century French Art, Black History and Sociology.


3 posted on 03/26/2022 7:25:53 AM PDT by albie
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So blacks, like their typical hood rats outside of the academy, are actually cheating, lying, etc at the higher rate proportionally,isn’t the issue, it just looks bad....

So out with honor and standards to placate the woke mob


4 posted on 03/26/2022 7:25:55 AM PDT by raygunfan ( )
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To: Angelino97

Maybe they were acting out at disproportionate rates.


5 posted on 03/26/2022 7:26:47 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( I make airplanes fly, what's your super power?)
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To: Angelino97
"The soft bigotry of low expectations," doesn't make things fairer, only unequal.
6 posted on 03/26/2022 7:26:51 AM PDT by RhoTheta (“I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.” Edith Sitwell)
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To: Angelino97; All

Fantastic! I say abolish all education, training and certifications of medical-types. Take your chances with the Local Leach Doctor!

I mean, why BOTHER to have a well-trained and qualified Military?

Oh, never mind...


7 posted on 03/26/2022 7:26:51 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: Angelino97

So if you’re black and “accused of lying, cheating, stealing or other transgressions”...keep it up!! You’ll be fine!


8 posted on 03/26/2022 7:27:19 AM PDT by albie
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To: Angelino97

Gee, maybe the Blacks violated the honor code at a higher rate than Whites. But no, the WP and the Left see only racism. Same with incarcerations and criminal acts. So the answer is always dumb down and change standards. Obviously, an honor code is a White construct so Blacks don’t have to abide.


9 posted on 03/26/2022 7:27:21 AM PDT by falcon99 ( )
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To: Angelino97

When you don’t like what the tape measure showed, cut the tape!


10 posted on 03/26/2022 7:28:13 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: Angelino97

‘All Animals Are Equal but Some Animals Are More Equal Than Others’ Animal Farm by George Orwell


11 posted on 03/26/2022 7:28:57 AM PDT by Paperpusher (Gal 5:15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.)
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To: Angelino97

I lived under an honor code similar to theirs for four years. It was unambiguous. It was spelled out, clearly. The punishments were handed out as explained.

A cadet doesn’t lie, cheat, steal or participate in collective action.

Pretty simple.

I knew a first semester senior who was booted in an hour for stealing a freakin small tube of toothpaste from the school store. But…stealing had one punishment: Permanent explusion.


12 posted on 03/26/2022 7:29:27 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Paperpusher

Are they saying that Blacks have less honor than other races?


13 posted on 03/26/2022 7:30:58 AM PDT by CoastWatcher
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To: TnTnTn

These are the rules. If you can’t follow them, get the f*** out.


14 posted on 03/26/2022 7:34:02 AM PDT by quikstrike98
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To: Angelino97

US military will change KIA system that kills Blacks at disproportionate rates


15 posted on 03/26/2022 7:34:08 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Angelino97

Those statistics seem to mirror the overall statistics of black behavior-—all over the USA.

There shouldn’t be special rules for blacks-—ANYWHERE.


16 posted on 03/26/2022 7:36:16 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: Angelino97

They refuse to acknowledge the violations are “disproportionate”.


17 posted on 03/26/2022 7:36:17 AM PDT by G Larry (Tolerance will rise until intelligent people are banned from thinking to avoid offending imbeciles)
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To: Angelino97

i notice they never mention said violations...

would not the proper thing be to correct the problems they are having instead of scrapping the system?


18 posted on 03/26/2022 7:36:37 AM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: CoastWatcher

Yes. Liberals all believe that.


19 posted on 03/26/2022 7:38:47 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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VMI will change honor system that expels Black cadets at disproportionate rates

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Don’t things like this make you just want to spread US/Western culture all over the globe!?!


20 posted on 03/26/2022 7:42:11 AM PDT by Bishop_Malachi (Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
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