Posted on 06/14/2021 1:38:05 PM PDT by Mount Athos
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) highlighted mandatory racially charged training sessions taking place within the military during a Thursday Senate hearing with President Joe Biden’s Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin.
Cotton summarized several of the complaints he had received in a whistleblower tip line he established with Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) to allow troops to report on the “woke” and racially charged training in which they are being forced to participate. Cotton noted several examples of racially charged activities, including segregation, mandatory training and reading, and superiors declaring entire branches or units racist.
“One Marine told us a military history training session was replaced with mandatory training on police brutality, White privilege, and systemic racism,” Cotton said. “He reported that several officers are now leaving his unit citing that training.”
“Another service member told us that their unit was required to read ‘White Fragility’ by Robin DiAngelo, which claims ‘White people raised in Western society are conditioned in a White supremacist world view,’” Cotton continued.
In a third example, Cotton said a member of the U.S. special operation community said they were instructed that “the U.S. special operations community is racist.”
Another Army officer similarly relayed to Cotton’s tipline that a superior told him “the entire U.S. Army is racist.”
“A midshipman at the Naval Academy said classmates are calling America a fundamentally racist place and that this sentiment is not contested by school administrators,” Cotton continued.
“An airman told us their unit was forced into a racist exercise called a privilege walk, where members of the wing were ordered to separate themselves by race and gender in order to stratify people based on their perceived privilege.”
Cotton relayed another complaint from a black female Navy officer, who said, “the Navy thinks my only value is as black woman and not the fact that she is a highly trained military specialist.”
Cotton said U.S. troops throughout the services have come forward with complaints that they have been forced to watch videos about systemic racism and documentaries “that rewrite America’s history as a fundamentally racist and evil nation.”
“Mr. Secretary, we’re hearing reports of plummeting morale, growing mistrust between the races and sexes where none existed just six months ago, and unexpected retirements and separations based on these trainings alone,” Cotton said. “And again, these are not my words, these are the words of your own troops.”
During the exchange, Cotton asked Austin whether he agreed with the premise that the U.S. military is a fundamentally racist organization.
“I won’t give you a yes or no answer on that senator because it deserves more than a yes or no,” Austin responded. “The military, like any organization, will have its challenges, but I do not believe it is a fundamentally racist organization.”
Cotton then asked Austin whether he believes anyone in the military should be treated differently because of their skin color or sex.
“Again, this question deserves more than a yes or no answer,” Austin responded.
Cotton pressed Austin again on the question, to which Austin replied, “No, I do not believe” that a service member should be treated differently on the basis of skin color or sex. “That is why we have diversity, equity and inclusion focus in the military.”
Cotton responded, “The military for decades has been one of the institutions in this society where you are most likely to get ahead based on your own performance, on your own merit, irrespective of the color of your skin or where you came from or who your parents were.”
LLOYD MARCUS just doing what his white dem masters have told him to do....Just another house slave on the white dem plantation..
Shows how stupid they are,doesn’t it???
The DNC kills more blacks in one hour than the KKK did in two decades.
“US troops forced to segregate by race and sex for ‘privilege walks,’ told they’re racist and more, Sen. Cotton says”
I believe this is all part of the Biden Administration to reform the military into the Grand Democrat Controlled Army ... The police forces in the US are decimated ... it is your duty to take control of all state capitals and restore order ... Yes Master!
PING!
The real racists are the ones telling all the while folks they are white supremacists.
No “if”; it is fact.
The black leftist white hater needs to be removed now !
Where is Mitchy poo ?
This monster is setting up a black only
Dem police state hit squad like Cuba or Venz .
This is the set up for a coup .
VJ and Barry are behind this .
Call your senators and reps
//the Navy thinks my only value is as black woman and not the fact that she is a highly trained military specialist//
Hello affirmative action.
This is the military that will be called upon to attack and eliminate patriotic Americans, particularly White Christian ones. They will gleefully kill millions of those who believe in the American dream, America first, and a secure America who defends her borders. Before they are done, we will have our version of the Cambodian killing fields.
Ping
There has been discrimination against white males in the military for over 40 years: earmarks for minorities and women, squelching promotional opportunities that were based on merit, etc.
This insanity must end.
One way or the other, it will.
Yep… can’t even trust the military anymore.
This kind of “training” is designed to destroy our all volunteer military. After all, what sane patriot would encourage a kid of his or hers to volunteer with these conditions??
I guess those days are long gone.
Anti-American/anti-God social marxism is only just starting to infect the Veterans Administration as well.
It’s already in at the administrative andanagement levels. Big emphasis on elevating and serving, and funding all things LGBTQ first, and then actual preferences for helping “minority” service members.
Also making chaplin’s zip their mouths on biblical subjects and answers, and forcing them to push psychiatrists and eastern religions when approached for help.
The left is in total control.
Sounds exactly like it--but back then at least there really was a race relations problem in the Army. Many a fight broke out in the enlisted club on 'soul nights' if a white guy dared walk in the place.
Step One: Turn a majority or a violent minority of the people against the existing system (i.e., America as founded).
Step Two: Prepare exist institutions to make the transition to the new system (the Marxist one).
Step Three: Collapse the system and simultaneously replace it with the new one (i.e., replace the Constitution with the new Marxist one).
Each step doesn't have to be finished before the next one can be started. They can all be accomplished at the same time for the most part.
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