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DEI Hires, or not?
Author: TriSec
Date: 02/11/2025 00:21:42
Good Morning.
A lot has been said about diversity, equality, and inclusion over the last few weeks. Unfortunately, all of it negative.
Let's take a look back at the military history of the "DEI Hire". Like all things that were good and true about the former United States, it was invented in Boston.
Historically, of course, Crispus Attucks was the first man to fall at the Boston Massacre. Mr. Attucks was a sailor, and was leading a group of armed men (clubs) towards the British Soldiers nervously guarding the State House on the night of March 5, 1770. Like the later "Shot heard 'round the World", nobody knows who fired the first shot, or even whether or not orders were given. Nevertheless - Mr. Attucks has entered American History as the first man to fall in the name of Liberty.
Liberty was not easy for the Black Man in America. Almost a century after the revolution, we were faced with another titanic struggle - this time against ourselves. The war eventually became a crusade against slavery after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued. That same proclamation authorized the raising of regiments consisting of Black soldiers. Naturally, Massachusetts was quick to respond.
Of course, the regiment's exploits were memorialized by the movie "Glory". A very prominent memorial by the sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens stands in a prominent place across the street from the Massachusetts State Capitol.
And finally, a member of the regiment, Mr. William Harvey Carney, was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, becoming the first African-American to receive the award.
You would think that would have settled the matter, right?
Well, a certain Mr. James Crow had other ideas.
But things move on. Almost a century after the Civil War, America was faced with yet another titanic crisis, this time on a global scale. Once again, African-American men rose to the ocassion, but this time that same Jim Crow made the effort all the more difficult.
Of course, those men went on to become the vaunted Tuskeegee Airmen. While no individual received the MoH, the entire unit was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.
Once again, you'd think that would have settled the matter. But again, Jim Crow lived on, and it took until the Civil Rights era before some of those restrictions finally began to fall.
But wait - there's more.
Almost a century later, we once again face a crisis of our own making. This is perhaps the most serious of them all, as the Union is facing an unprecedented crisis.
But instead of rising to the ocassion, the military now seems to be folding like the proverbial house of cards. Following orders issued by the First Felon, all student clubs that don't cater to straight, white, males have been disbanded.
Of course the military will try to spin it as "threatening the mission", but consider the list of clubs now banned.
The clubs disbanded by the academy are the Asian-Pacific Forum Club; Contemporary Cultural Affairs Seminar Club; Corbin Forum, a group for female cadets founded in 1976; Japanese Forum Club; Korean-American Relations Seminar; Latin Cultural Club; National Society of Black Engineers; Native American Heritage Forum; Society for Hispanic Professional Engineers; Society of Women Engineers Club; the Vietnamese-American Cadet Association; and Spectrum, which served LGBTQ cadets.
You do the math. All I know is somewhere, this guy is smiling.
A lot has been said about diversity, equality, and inclusion over the last few weeks. Unfortunately, all of it negative.
Let's take a look back at the military history of the "DEI Hire". Like all things that were good and true about the former United States, it was invented in Boston.
Historically, of course, Crispus Attucks was the first man to fall at the Boston Massacre. Mr. Attucks was a sailor, and was leading a group of armed men (clubs) towards the British Soldiers nervously guarding the State House on the night of March 5, 1770. Like the later "Shot heard 'round the World", nobody knows who fired the first shot, or even whether or not orders were given. Nevertheless - Mr. Attucks has entered American History as the first man to fall in the name of Liberty.
Liberty was not easy for the Black Man in America. Almost a century after the revolution, we were faced with another titanic struggle - this time against ourselves. The war eventually became a crusade against slavery after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued. That same proclamation authorized the raising of regiments consisting of Black soldiers. Naturally, Massachusetts was quick to respond.
Authorized by the Emancipation Proclamation, the regiment consisted of African-American enlisted men commanded by white officers. The 54th Massachusetts was a major force in the pioneering of African American civil war regiments, with 150 all-black regiments being raised after the raising of the 54th Massachusetts.
The unit began recruiting in February 1863 and trained at Camp Meigs on the outskirts of Boston, Massachusetts. Prominent abolitionists were active in recruitment efforts, including Frederick Douglass, whose two sons were among the first to enlist. Massachusetts Governor John Albion Andrew, who had long pressured the U.S. Department of War to begin recruiting African-Americans, placed a high priority on the formation of the 54th Massachusetts. Andrew appointed Robert Gould Shaw, the son of Boston abolitionists, to command the regiment as Colonel. The free black community in Boston was also instrumental in recruiting efforts, utilizing networks reaching beyond Massachusetts and even into the Southern states to attract soldiers and fill out the ranks. After it departed from Massachusetts on May 28, 1863, the 54th Massachusetts was shipped to Beaufort, South Carolina and became part of the X Corps commanded by Major General David Hunter.
Of course, the regiment's exploits were memorialized by the movie "Glory". A very prominent memorial by the sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens stands in a prominent place across the street from the Massachusetts State Capitol.
And finally, a member of the regiment, Mr. William Harvey Carney, was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, becoming the first African-American to receive the award.
You would think that would have settled the matter, right?
Well, a certain Mr. James Crow had other ideas.
But things move on. Almost a century after the Civil War, America was faced with yet another titanic crisis, this time on a global scale. Once again, African-American men rose to the ocassion, but this time that same Jim Crow made the effort all the more difficult.
The U.S. Army Air Corps had established the Psychological Research Unit 1 at Maxwell Army Air Field, Montgomery, Alabama, and other units around the country for aviation cadet training, which included the identification, selection, education, and training of pilots, navigators and bombardiers. Psychologists employed in these research studies and training programs used some of the first standardized tests to quantify IQ, dexterity, and leadership qualities to select and train the best-suited personnel for the roles of bombardier, navigator, and pilot. The Air Corps determined that the existing programs would be used for all units, including all-black units. At Tuskegee, this effort continued with the selection and training of the Tuskegee Airmen. The War Department set up a system to accept only those with a level of flight experience or higher education which ensured that only the ablest and most intelligent African-American applicants were able to join.[citation needed]
Airman Coleman Young (Second Lieutenant), later the first African-American mayor of Detroit, told journalist Studs Terkel about the process:
They made the standards so high, we actually became an elite group. We were screened and super-screened. We were unquestionably the brightest and most physically fit young blacks in the country. We were super-better because of the irrational laws of Jim Crow. You can't bring that many intelligent young people together and train 'em as fighting men and expect them to supinely roll over when you try to fuck over 'em, right? (Laughs.)
Of course, those men went on to become the vaunted Tuskeegee Airmen. While no individual received the MoH, the entire unit was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.
Once again, you'd think that would have settled the matter. But again, Jim Crow lived on, and it took until the Civil Rights era before some of those restrictions finally began to fall.
But wait - there's more.
Almost a century later, we once again face a crisis of our own making. This is perhaps the most serious of them all, as the Union is facing an unprecedented crisis.
But instead of rising to the ocassion, the military now seems to be folding like the proverbial house of cards. Following orders issued by the First Felon, all student clubs that don't cater to straight, white, males have been disbanded.
The U.S. Military Academy has banned organizations centered primarily on ethnic and gender affiliation as part of what it says is compliance with the effort to end diversity, equity and inclusion programs in government. The move, outlined in a memorandum issued Tuesday by West Point, told 12 campus clubs to immediately shut down all activities, formal and informal. Soon after being issued, the memo was posted on Reddit and circulated elsewhere on social media. The academy wasn’t immediately available for comment but did verify the memo’s authenticity with Stars and Stripes on Wednesday. The West Point directive canceled all trips, meetings and activities associated with the designated clubs. “Moreover, these clubs are not authorized to continue informal activities using Government time, resources, or facilities,” the directive stated. The decision comes amid a Pentagon push to strip away activities and events unrelated to fostering what it deems to be warfighting readiness. On Friday, the Pentagon also announced that it was ending identity month celebrations, such as Black History Month in February. “Our unity and purpose are instrumental to meeting the Department’s warfighting mission. Efforts to divide the force — to put one group ahead of another — erode camaraderie and threaten mission execution,” the Pentagon said in a statement announcing the decision.
Of course the military will try to spin it as "threatening the mission", but consider the list of clubs now banned.
The clubs disbanded by the academy are the Asian-Pacific Forum Club; Contemporary Cultural Affairs Seminar Club; Corbin Forum, a group for female cadets founded in 1976; Japanese Forum Club; Korean-American Relations Seminar; Latin Cultural Club; National Society of Black Engineers; Native American Heritage Forum; Society for Hispanic Professional Engineers; Society of Women Engineers Club; the Vietnamese-American Cadet Association; and Spectrum, which served LGBTQ cadets.
You do the math. All I know is somewhere, this guy is smiling.
