West Point investigating black female cadets' raised-fists photo

[DIYPatriot]

With this administration, my bet is that they get an award.

The U.S. Military Academy has launched an inquiry into a photo showing 16 black, female cadets in uniform with their fists raised, an image that has spurred questions about whether the gesture violates military restrictions on political activity.

West Point is looking into whether the photo broke any rules, Spokesman Lt. Col. Christopher Kasker said Saturday. It's unclear how long the inquiry will take and too soon to say what consequences it could have for the cadets, who are poised to graduate May 21.

By campus tradition, groups of cadets often take pictures in traditional dress uniforms to echo historical portraits of their cadets. Indeed, a different picture of the same women, without the raised fists, was tweeted out by the chairwoman of the academy's Board of Visitors, 1980 graduate Brenda Sue Fulton.

But the fists-up image, which circulated online, led some observers to question whether the women were expressing support for the Black Lives Matter movement, which grew out of protests over police killings of unarmed black men.

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[Box]

they were holding up copies of their combat branch reassignment orders...
...the orders were printed on overhead projector sheets using invisible ink


nothing to see here
move along

[Sdiver]

Over-head projectors are still used ???

I though everything was done via power-point ....
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[Dusty]

Big woo.

[Razor]

This picture was taken immediately after the group was asked how many times Army beat Navy in football in the last 13 years.

[CAARNG 68W]

Let's not give them what all females/women deeply crave - attention.

Originally Posted by Razor

This picture was taken immediately after the group was asked how many times Army beat Navy in football in the last 13 years.

lol. This is by far the best reply/commentary I've seen regarding this whole affair.

[RomanCandle]

Originally Posted by Billy L-bach

they were holding up copies of their combat branch reassignment orders...
...the orders were printed on overhead projector sheets using invisible ink


nothing to see here
move along

Combat Branch Reassignment Orders? Surely that should read: Gender Reassignment Orders. How else are future leaders going to be Intersectionality SMEs?

[DIYPatriot]

Originally Posted by Razor

This picture was taken immediately after the group was asked how many times Army beat Navy in football in the last 13 years.

Hahaha! That's hilarious

[Dusty]

Originally Posted by CAARNG 68W

Let's not give them what all females/women deeply crave - attention.

Dass sexiss.

[PedOncoDoc]

This may just be my ignorance on the metrics, but why is West Point being labelled/ranked as a liberal arts college?

[twistedsquid]

Originally Posted by Razor

This picture was taken immediately after the group was asked how many times Army beat Navy in football in the last 13 years.

Hahaha! Go Navy!

[Razor]

Originally Posted by PedOncoDoc

This may just be my ignorance on the metrics, but why is West Point being labelled/ranked as a liberal arts college?

Because of the core curriculum:

Chemistry 1-2 semesters
Physics 1-2 sem
Physical Geography 1 sem
Math Modeling 1 sem
Calculus 1-2 sem
Statistics 1 sem
Engineering electives 3 sem
Information Technology 1-2 sem
Composition 1 sem
Literature 1 sem
Philosophy 1 sem
Psychology 1 sem
Economics 1 sem
Political Science 1 sem
US History 1 sem
World History 1 sem
Military History 1 sem
International Relations 1 sem
Constitutional & Military Law 1 sem
Military Science 4 sem
Military Leadership 1 sem
Foreign Language 2-4 sem
Physical Education 3 sem

[CAARNG 68W]

Originally Posted by Dusty

Dass sexiss.

Yep yep, it is. But it came to my mind when I first heard this, I had a strong belief that Black male Cadets would not do something like this.

[Dusty]

Originally Posted by CAARNG 68W

Yep yep, it is. But it came to my mind when I first heard this, I had a strong belief that Black male Cadets would not do something like this.

Dass raciss.

[abc_123]

This will go nowhere. The "investigation" is all for show. Give it a few weeks too die down and leave the news and that will be that. No way to prove this was a political statement and frankly there is no real interest in proving it.

nothing to see here..