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.”
Preparing them to come after us in the near future.
I just want to add the caveat that the race relations problem was created by the separatism/victimhood mentality that is doing it again today.
History is repeating itself except this time they are successfully tearing the country apart with it.
A patriotic multi-billionaire needs to form an offshore non-US controlled foreign legion unit, likely somewhere on a Caribbean island, carefully screening personnel for loyalty to the US constitution, and an aversion for racism and homosexuality.
Just two or three battalions of augmented light infantry along with other service branch personnel as specialists, and they would be able to carry out operations when needed especially when the US administration was this awful.
Their leaders could make agreements with trusted allies and could perform even false flag and uniform operations.
“ I was called honkey and cracker way, way more than I ever heard slurs going the other way. ”
I grew up in the South. It was always like that. Well, at least for the last 60 years. We pretty much left them alone. They hate us for being white. No amount of wokeness or reparations will change that. It is best to accept it and act accordingly.
Secretary Austin: "Senator Cotton, this is a difficult time. We are having to change the belief systems of all troops from 'We all wear the same color uniform' to 'Your skin color is your uniform'.
(Meanwile, Gerorge Lincoln Rockwell is laughing his posterior off in Hell.)
Good luck getting men who’d make good soldiers involved in that racist sexist BS. Within 2 years the rank and file will be as incompetent as Obama’s brass.
//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 posing as HR in the mid to late 1970’s.
The silver lining to this cloud :)
Said billionaire would be assassinated/droned immediately.
Exactly. Up until this administration, I never thought the United States military would turn its guns on American citizens.
Pretty obvious what the goal is.
That’s why he would have to use several layers of separation to protect himself. Likewise, he would need to set up offshore accounts, so even if he did die, the money and logistics would continue to flow.
Marcus was only chosen to be the Secretary of Defense because he is Black with Leftist credentials.
Where are these Military CO’s coming from? Is the Pentagon putting out these directives and the CO’s are carrying out the directives?
That is a great quote, but I assume it is not real. It is what Austin believes, but he usually word salads his answers to create an ambiguity the Left can use.
democrats are all racists.
Indeed they are--and with the useful idiots in the public indoctrination system tainting 'young skulls full of mush,' marxist democrats have achieved the competitive advantage.
It is called “Management by Walking Around,” (MBWA) and has been a staple of leadership/management training since the 1970s.
Smart leaders have managed by walking since long before then.
Lloyd Marcus died on July 24, 2020 of a pulmonary embolism.
The Daytona Beach News Journal nicely eulogized him at: https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/local/west-volusia/2020/08/05/lloyd-marcus-deltona-entertainer-and-trump-supporter-dies-at-71/112807164/
RIP American Warrior!
Thanks ..My bad....It’s LLOYD AUSTIN that i the house slave on Bidens plantation.....
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