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DEI efforts in US Armed Forces ineffective, run ‘opposite of the military ethos’: study
New York Post ^ | July 1, 2024 | Cameron Arcand

Posted on 07/02/2024 12:56:07 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican

(The Center Square) – Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts in the United States military are ineffective, a new Arizona State University study suggests.

The study done by the university’s Center for American Institutions argued that there is an emphasis on training new soldiers about social issues like “unconscious bias” and “intersectionality” in a way the center says runs contrary to typical American ideals.

The study examined DEI plans in different sectors of the military, including DEI office staffing and education at academies like West Point.

“The massive DEI bureaucracy, its training and its pseudo-scientific assessments are at best distractions that absorb valuable time and resources,” the executive summary states. “At worst they communicate the opposite of the military ethos: e.g. that individual demographic differences come before team and mission.”

Donald Critchlow, the director of the center, wrote in the studies introduction that it was focused on looking at the influence of Critical Race Theory in the United States Armed Forces training.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: dei; military; readiness; wokemilitary
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1 posted on 07/02/2024 12:56:07 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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DEI / Woke is ineffective to create a military that can defend the country.

It is highly effective to create a military that is entirely loyal to the Regime.


2 posted on 07/02/2024 1:05:07 AM PDT by Reverend Wright ( Everything touched by progressives, dies !)
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DEI training is basically a struggle session where whites get told they’re racist just for existing.
Can thank Milley for that.


3 posted on 07/02/2024 1:05:44 AM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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To: MinorityRepublican

I don’t see how you recover from this propaganda campaign. Just from a level of senior-officer leadership....you’d have to first probably cut over 10k ranking officers because they can’t perform at the level required.


4 posted on 07/02/2024 1:06:43 AM PDT by pepsionice
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Especially during a time when certain politicians are pushing to go to war in Europe.


5 posted on 07/02/2024 1:09:46 AM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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Sounds like my old mandatory race relations classes back in the early 70’s in the Army. All whites are racist, even if we’ve never heard of it before.


6 posted on 07/02/2024 1:31:55 AM PDT by BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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To: Reverend Wright
It is highly effective to create a military that is entirely loyal to the Regime.

Is it really?

A "woke" military would run like cowards the minute they were challenged. Loyalty to the regime would be the last thing on their minds.

7 posted on 07/02/2024 1:51:28 AM PDT by Jess Kitting
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In terms of recommendations, the study suggests that DEI office’s be completely scrapped...

Time to end the Silly Milley Crapola.

8 posted on 07/02/2024 2:00:52 AM PDT by GOPJ (Biden can READ a speech IF written for him. Take the teleprompter away and Biden's a babbling idiot.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

DIE DEI!


9 posted on 07/02/2024 2:19:46 AM PDT by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.)
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To: Darksheare

Which is why I do everything I can to avoid DEI training sessions at my place of employment. I refuse to go, and my leadership is fully aware and supportive.


10 posted on 07/02/2024 2:35:37 AM PDT by USAF1985 (Joe McCarthy is a hero...he was absolutely, 100% correct! (Let’s go Brandon!))
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To: MinorityRepublican

Why do people have to an obviously stupid thing for years before they realize it was an obviously stupid thing?


11 posted on 07/02/2024 3:13:34 AM PDT by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump)
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I remember those days. I think it was about 1976.


12 posted on 07/02/2024 3:15:05 AM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of Air Force pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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To: GOPJ
In terms of recommendations, the study suggests that DEI office’s be completely scrapped...

That sentence was written by a DEI committee.

13 posted on 07/02/2024 3:16:37 AM PDT by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump)
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To: GOPJ

Agreed!


14 posted on 07/02/2024 3:48:28 AM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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To: HIDEK6

Good catch. Also did you notice NONE of Biden’s speechwriters are ‘of color’?


15 posted on 07/02/2024 3:59:22 AM PDT by GOPJ (Biden can READ a speech IF written for him. Take the teleprompter away and Biden's a babbling idiot.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

The lefts cancer destroys everything it touches.


16 posted on 07/02/2024 3:59:24 AM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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IT ISN'T UNINTENTIONAL.
17 posted on 07/02/2024 4:10:01 AM PDT by rlmorel (In Today's Democrat America, The $5 Dollar Bill is the New $1 Dollar Bill.)
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Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Are Necessities in U.S. Military
Feb. 9, 2022 | By Jim Garamone, DOD News |
Diversity, equity and inclusion in the military are necessities for the United States, Bishop Garrison, the senior advisor to the secretary of defense for human capital and diversity, equity and inclusion said. Garrison spoke to the Center for a New American Security today about the progress being made by the department and what still needs to happen. Some 41 percent of the military identify as members of minority groups, and that number will grow larger, Garrison said. The military must be able to attract, train and retain them for the services to retain competitive edges, he said.
I want people to see [diversity, equity and inclusion] as another tool in the toolkit and another way of solving these problems.” Bishop Garrison, the senior advisor to the secretary of defense for human capital and diversity, equity and inclusion Fewer Americans between the ages of 18 to 24 — the prime ages for recruits — qualify for military service. “So, we have to find out ways of getting to a broader talent pool and broader interest groups in order to bring those highly qualified, talented individuals in,” he said.
He noted that the percentage of minorities drops as they rise up the ranks. “Their numbers tend to begin to decline in terms of service; they tend to get out, and there could be a variety of reasons as to why that actually is,” he said. “We need to take a very data-driven approach to get a better understanding as to what’s actually happening here. What is the problem? And how can we address it?”
Garrison said the need for diversity, equity and inclusion to be a consideration or a part of all decisions in the military.


18 posted on 07/02/2024 4:13:20 AM PDT by Bookshelf
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One of Trump’s top priorities should be to rid the Military of all the damn wokesters in command positions, from the top down to Company level...all of them.


19 posted on 07/02/2024 4:20:03 AM PDT by PubliusMM (RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. The Dhimmicraps are ALL Traitors. All of them.)
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The DEI people weight like 500 pounds so that’s a non-starter right there


20 posted on 07/02/2024 4:30:37 AM PDT by butlerweave
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