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To: PapaBear3625
Is there anyone here who doubts that West Point admissions officers would not hesitate to accept a brilliant black cadet from Detroit?

It was 1969. The establishment (political and otherwise) wasn't exactly jumping through hoops to offer gifted young blacks any sort of rung up. This was before affirmative action took hold across the land.

94 posted on 11/06/2015 12:00:23 PM PST by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: Windflier; PapaBear3625

I was in the Army then, and yes, the Army was already doing so. It would have been absolutely natural for Westmoreland to offer a great opportunity to Carson.


100 posted on 11/06/2015 12:08:38 PM PST by xzins (HAVE YOU DONATED TO THE FREEPATHON? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Windflier

The EEO affirmative action started at that time. By 1970-72 West Point wanted up to 10% of the new entrants to be black.


114 posted on 11/06/2015 12:21:39 PM PST by Fledermaus (To hell with the Republican Party. I'm done with them. If I want a Lib Dem I'd vote for one.)
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