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The Biden Administration’s Secretary of the Air Force, Frank Kendall (a West Point graduate whom a classmate said is “left of Marx”), displayed remarkable tone deafness quoted in a recent article, Pete Hegseth’s blocks on promotions rankle former military leaders, where those interviewed erroneously think SecWar Hegseth is blocking promotions because the person is black or a woman.
That is the complete opposite of what Hegseth is trying to do in eliminating DEI–throwing out selections based on skin color or sex. (Now if the person was an enthusiastic advocate for the divisive Marxist-based CRT/DEI/Woke ideology and pushed that agenda, that’s another thing).
Kendall was quoted in this article as saying,
“There seems to be an assumption that if you were a minority or a woman and you were promoted, that it was because of your identity and not because you’re good at what you do.”
Well, yeah, because you created that assumption by pushing that idea/agenda so much where people WERE promoted based on their DEI identity and not their qualifications. (See sample articles below).
Servicemembers watched this happen over and over again causing more qualified, experienced people to give up and leave or not recommend military service.
This is the whole base problem of constantly pushing the divisive DEI agenda on the military: it created an atmosphere where minorities and women (and their coworkers observing) didn’t know if they were selected because they were good at what they do or because of their skin color or gender, thus creating doubts in everyone–a horrible situation. Said one senior military officer,
“If we can’t get rid of this DEI BS, none of us of color are ever going to know if we really earned the position we are promoted into.”
Hegseth is removing DEI and its advocates and once DEI is really in the wastebin and no longer pushed and thought about, everyone can assume people are selected based on their qualifications, period. In other words, Merit.
From the woke years:
Air Force Touts Plans To Track Promotions From A ‘Race, Equity And Gender Standpoint’
New Docs Shed Light On Air Force’s ‘Goal’ To Reduce ‘White Male Population’ Joining Officer Ranks
Air Force Will Likely Miss Recruiting Goals, Service Secretary Says
What the Secretary of Air Force’s Political Commissars Office is up to
Air Force goes on DEI hiring spree: Top job pays up to $183,500
Air Force System Exists Just To Track ‘Progress’ In Diversity
‘Use Your Privilege’: Air Force Promotes All-Day ‘Allyship’ Training
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