Posted on Sep 11, 2021
Should we be teaching Critical Race Theory in our military universities and perhaps in our leadership courses?
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All of this reminds me of the bi-annual climate surveys with the carefully shaded questions that were repeated in several enumerations to prove that I was a racist or that ONLY 'white supremacy' existed within the Rank and File of the Navy. I resented that fishing expedition. If I answer Honestly, I made myself out to be some sort of bigot, even a racist.
"Do you or members of your work center do activities with other work center members, Off-Duty, who are not of the same race or ethnicity?" Being 10-15 years older than my own peers, I didn't hang out with anybody. (I did not Enlist at 32 to join a damn social club) This questions seem innocent enough. However, when taking questionnaires that are weighted to find a problem, no matter what, several reiterations of the same premise will "find" what they are looking for. No much different than how news media, pollsters, and politically motivated scientist/doctors reach the conclusion that they desire, or are paid for.
Never was there a question like, "Would you put yourself in harms way, give your Life even, for a fellow Sailor who is off another race, ethnicity or religion?"
"Do you or members of your work center do activities with other work center members, Off-Duty, who are not of the same race or ethnicity?" Being 10-15 years older than my own peers, I didn't hang out with anybody. (I did not Enlist at 32 to join a damn social club) This questions seem innocent enough. However, when taking questionnaires that are weighted to find a problem, no matter what, several reiterations of the same premise will "find" what they are looking for. No much different than how news media, pollsters, and politically motivated scientist/doctors reach the conclusion that they desire, or are paid for.
Never was there a question like, "Would you put yourself in harms way, give your Life even, for a fellow Sailor who is off another race, ethnicity or religion?"
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SFC Louis Willhauck, MSM, JSCM, and ARCOM
My statistics prof in college, on the very first day's first words were, "Tell me what you want to say and I will build data and present it in such a way as to prove your point unquestionably". When people stop THINKING beyond the "3 word slogan" level, we are all doomed.
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Critical Theory is at it’s core Marxist and is contrary to the way the West has thought about things. Critical Theory is designed to undermine the existing social order and create a new one. The present iteration of CRT centers around The 1619 Project, which is clearly a piece of fiction that is asking us to discard our country’s foundations and heritage and adopt a myth that is rather poorly constructed and clearly not true.
I have never seen our military the way it is right now. I am concerned that we are simply hiring young people to make them soldiers of a wokeness rather the defenders of freedom and democracy. If this current regime is successful in altering the very fabric of our military, then we are preparing to offer our nation to the dominant Marxist powers in the world, worse is the prospect of making our military so woke that they no longer see America as a nation worth defending. It has been a slow decline since the end of the Second World War, and is the proximate cause of our inability to win a war. I know that this is harsh, but in my own lifetime I have witnessed the creation of people dependent on the government rather than the “rugged individualism” that was the ideal I grew up with.
Every nation has a shelf life. I guess I didn’t realize that I was living in the period of our own nation’s decline. Our foundation and institutions are now simply being denied as worst, ignored at best. America as a mediocre nation is antithetical to my upbringing, but I am more and more aware that we are almost there.
I have never seen our military the way it is right now. I am concerned that we are simply hiring young people to make them soldiers of a wokeness rather the defenders of freedom and democracy. If this current regime is successful in altering the very fabric of our military, then we are preparing to offer our nation to the dominant Marxist powers in the world, worse is the prospect of making our military so woke that they no longer see America as a nation worth defending. It has been a slow decline since the end of the Second World War, and is the proximate cause of our inability to win a war. I know that this is harsh, but in my own lifetime I have witnessed the creation of people dependent on the government rather than the “rugged individualism” that was the ideal I grew up with.
Every nation has a shelf life. I guess I didn’t realize that I was living in the period of our own nation’s decline. Our foundation and institutions are now simply being denied as worst, ignored at best. America as a mediocre nation is antithetical to my upbringing, but I am more and more aware that we are almost there.
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Absolutely NOT! There is One Race called the Human Race, nor should any Color be give additional preference over any other color!
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It took us so long to get where most service members saw themselves as green. We defended our sanctum from anybody who tried to split us up along racial, ethnic, political, & religious lines. Then we got a commander-in-chief who turned the military into a social experiment. It destroyed trust, cohesion, & readiness for the sake of what? To make him & his cohorts a good feeling or a rush? Not all initiatives are positive. I am not against CRT but in today's polarized world, it does seem much more like an agenda when people are labeled as hostile for just asking questions about it's content. That sounds suspiciously like someone's agenda, not about unity & equality.
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No, it will not help unit cohesion if we teach this stuff. Plus why pit the men and women against each other based on their race?
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Everyone on this planet that co-signs/refer to Historical FACTS of :
Ethnic Cleansing/Genocide/Mass Murder/Rape/Stolen Land/Mass incarnation/Racist Legislation & Laws of “African Americans/Black People/Colored/Negro/The African/The Backs/The Coloreds”
Is being : Disrespectful
Disingenuous
Offer Devaluation of Atrocities
of Historical FACTS of the Systematic White Racism that hasn’t ended and took place in the past & currently still ongoing within solely the boarders of the USA.
RARE Footage: Ex-Slaves talk about slavery in America :
Source :
PT. 1 : https://www.loc.gov/collections/voices-remembering-slavery/about-this-collection/
PT. 2 : https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1940003_afs03975a/
Video : https://youtu.be/fZfcc21c6Uo
As Critical Race Theory are completely wrong. Period
Definition of theory
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: a plausible or scientifically acceptable general principle or body of principles offered to explain phenomena
the wave theory of light
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a
: a belief, policy, or procedure proposed or followed as the basis of action
her method is based on the theory that all children want to learn
b
: an ideal or hypothetical set of facts, principles, or circumstances —often used in the phrase in theory
in theory, we have always advocated freedom for all
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a
: a hypothesis assumed for the sake of argument or investigation
b
: an unproved assumption : CONJECTURE
c
: a body of theorems presenting a concise systematic view of a subject
theory of equations
4
: the general or abstract principles of a body of fact, a science, or an art
music theory
5
: abstract thought : SPECULATION
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: the analysis of a set of facts in their relation to one another
SOURCE :
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/theory
No, these are FACTS. CRITICAL RACE FACTS.
“I will not apologize for telling the FACTS, in a world that worship the lies”.
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BONUS FACTS : For those that always say we are complaining and living in the past :
Racist Notes in Journals of Gunman Who Killed 2 Black People Revealed by D
By Khaleda Rahman On 7/8/21 at 8:15 AM EDT
The Racist Crime was committed : June 26th, 2021.
1st Victim : African American Woman - Veteran Air Force SSG {MURDERED} (CIVILIAN)
[Because of 2021 White Racist]
2nd Victim : African American Man : Police Officer {MURDERED} (CIVILIAN) 36 yrs. Retired
[Because of 2021 White Racist]
June 28, 2021, 8:09 AM EDT / Updated June 28, 2021, 4:44 PM EDT
By Wilson Wong
“Authorities are investigating a Massachusetts shooting that left two Black people dead as a hate crime after investigators found "some troubling white supremacist rhetoric" in the gunman's handwriting, officials said Sunday.
Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins, who identified the suspected gunman as 28-year-old Nathan Allen, said during a press conference on Sunday that investigators found "antisemitic and racist statements against Black individuals."
https://youtu.be/teaYm2zPWcY
Stop telling us to get over racism when whites racist in America still exist and are planning more attacks.
Churches - School - Just Living
*** this a repost from myself, because people are tooooo comfortable with the status quo ***
“I will not apologize for telling the FACTS, in a world that worship the lies”.
Ethnic Cleansing/Genocide/Mass Murder/Rape/Stolen Land/Mass incarnation/Racist Legislation & Laws of “African Americans/Black People/Colored/Negro/The African/The Backs/The Coloreds”
Is being : Disrespectful
Disingenuous
Offer Devaluation of Atrocities
of Historical FACTS of the Systematic White Racism that hasn’t ended and took place in the past & currently still ongoing within solely the boarders of the USA.
RARE Footage: Ex-Slaves talk about slavery in America :
Source :
PT. 1 : https://www.loc.gov/collections/voices-remembering-slavery/about-this-collection/
PT. 2 : https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1940003_afs03975a/
Video : https://youtu.be/fZfcc21c6Uo
As Critical Race Theory are completely wrong. Period
Definition of theory
1
: a plausible or scientifically acceptable general principle or body of principles offered to explain phenomena
the wave theory of light
2
a
: a belief, policy, or procedure proposed or followed as the basis of action
her method is based on the theory that all children want to learn
b
: an ideal or hypothetical set of facts, principles, or circumstances —often used in the phrase in theory
in theory, we have always advocated freedom for all
3
a
: a hypothesis assumed for the sake of argument or investigation
b
: an unproved assumption : CONJECTURE
c
: a body of theorems presenting a concise systematic view of a subject
theory of equations
4
: the general or abstract principles of a body of fact, a science, or an art
music theory
5
: abstract thought : SPECULATION
6
: the analysis of a set of facts in their relation to one another
SOURCE :
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/theory
No, these are FACTS. CRITICAL RACE FACTS.
“I will not apologize for telling the FACTS, in a world that worship the lies”.
**************************************************************************
BONUS FACTS : For those that always say we are complaining and living in the past :
Racist Notes in Journals of Gunman Who Killed 2 Black People Revealed by D
By Khaleda Rahman On 7/8/21 at 8:15 AM EDT
The Racist Crime was committed : June 26th, 2021.
1st Victim : African American Woman - Veteran Air Force SSG {MURDERED} (CIVILIAN)
[Because of 2021 White Racist]
2nd Victim : African American Man : Police Officer {MURDERED} (CIVILIAN) 36 yrs. Retired
[Because of 2021 White Racist]
June 28, 2021, 8:09 AM EDT / Updated June 28, 2021, 4:44 PM EDT
By Wilson Wong
“Authorities are investigating a Massachusetts shooting that left two Black people dead as a hate crime after investigators found "some troubling white supremacist rhetoric" in the gunman's handwriting, officials said Sunday.
Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins, who identified the suspected gunman as 28-year-old Nathan Allen, said during a press conference on Sunday that investigators found "antisemitic and racist statements against Black individuals."
https://youtu.be/teaYm2zPWcY
Stop telling us to get over racism when whites racist in America still exist and are planning more attacks.
Churches - School - Just Living
*** this a repost from myself, because people are tooooo comfortable with the status quo ***
“I will not apologize for telling the FACTS, in a world that worship the lies”.
About this Collection |Voices Remembering Slavery: Freed People Tell Their Stories |Digital...
The recordings of former slaves in Voices Remembering Slavery: Freed People Tell Their Stories took place between 1932 and 1975 in nine states. Twenty-two interviewees discuss how they felt about slavery, slaveholders, coercion of slaves, their families, and freedom. Several individuals sing songs, many of which were learned during the time of their enslavement. It is important to note that all of the interviewees spoke sixty or more years...
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CPL LaForest Gray
https://www.npr.org/2022/01/31/ [login to see] /hbcu-howard-bomb-threat-lockdown
At least 6 HBCUs canceled classes or went into lockdown after receiving bomb threats
Albany State University, Bethune-Cookman University, Bowie State University, Delaware State University, Howard University and Southern University and A&M College all received threats.
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SGT Damaso Santana
CPL Gray, I am giving you a thumbs up because you are right in many things however if you are willing, then go and live in Communist Cuba for a while, there you will find the real definition of systematic Racism.
You would probably ask why should I? I am not from there, you are right but what this refers to its a clear perspective as to "Systematic Racism" really is.
Do we have issues, of course, we do, do we have racists? Damn right we do and they come in all colors, as for Systematic racism, go South young man, exactly 90 miles south of the Florida Peninsula.
Before I forget, read Dr. Oscar Elias Bisset, he is a Black Cuban that has been tortured by the communist regime in Cuba for years, of course he will never be part of CRT, it does not help their agenda.
You would probably ask why should I? I am not from there, you are right but what this refers to its a clear perspective as to "Systematic Racism" really is.
Do we have issues, of course, we do, do we have racists? Damn right we do and they come in all colors, as for Systematic racism, go South young man, exactly 90 miles south of the Florida Peninsula.
Before I forget, read Dr. Oscar Elias Bisset, he is a Black Cuban that has been tortured by the communist regime in Cuba for years, of course he will never be part of CRT, it does not help their agenda.
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CPL LaForest Gray
This is an pre-written reply dated “ October 19th, 2021’ “ SGT Damaso Santana *screen shot included*
“ The FACTS of Systematic Racism in America from Slavery to Jim Crow Laws to Present Day :
Let’s see..... legal slavery “acknowledge” existed in North America for 245 years.
A 148/150 years ..... yet certain FACTS gloss over Jim Crow Laws which weren’t ruled unconstitutional until 1954’ sooooo let’s see 2020 - 1954 = 66 years of being legally treated as equals.... People have discounted the 89 years of not being treated as so. (89 + 65 = 154 years).
Jim Crow Laws went from 1877 to 1965, that’s 88 years of a unequal society, by LAW.
One of the most heinous of these policies was introduced by the creation of the Federal Housing Administration in 1934, and lasted until 1968. Along with RedLine Districts & Block Busting.
So by the law, the ratification of the 15th Amendment of the Constitution it’s been a level playing field {
“ The FACTS of Systematic Racism in America from Slavery to Jim Crow Laws to Present Day :
Let’s see..... legal slavery “acknowledge” existed in North America for 245 years.
A 148/150 years ..... yet certain FACTS gloss over Jim Crow Laws which weren’t ruled unconstitutional until 1954’ sooooo let’s see 2020 - 1954 = 66 years of being legally treated as equals.... People have discounted the 89 years of not being treated as so. (89 + 65 = 154 years).
Jim Crow Laws went from 1877 to 1965, that’s 88 years of a unequal society, by LAW.
One of the most heinous of these policies was introduced by the creation of the Federal Housing Administration in 1934, and lasted until 1968. Along with RedLine Districts & Block Busting.
So by the law, the ratification of the 15th Amendment of the Constitution it’s been a level playing field {
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I am embarrassed that this whole conversation is public. I take that back, not just embarrassed, but ashamed. We are AMERICANS. Act like it!
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Absolutely not! This should not be in the military, schools (civilian or military), or anything that touches our youth. I firmly believe all sides of a topic needs to be taught, the truth and nothing but the truth, CRT is not that truth. As a nation we are dangerously close to the edge with our acceptance of erasing history, re-writing history, critical race theory, pandering to races of any kind, and allowing criminals and rioters free reign of our cities. History is there to be learned from and not used as a whipping tool to manipulate a narrative. No single race is better than another, no single race deserves more than another, no single race should be raised above another (again history is history learn from it) and just because it happened 50 or 100 years ago doesn't mean it needs to happen now or there is a debt to be paid, it was history and the past. It might not be a past we are proud of, but it is the past and you learn from it, not change it or spin it into a debt or excuse for bad behavior. All races/ethnicities were at some time persecuted, or enslaved, or put below others, Italians, Irish, Africans, Polish, Jewish, Hebrews, Scotts, Japanese, etc, etc......... We as a nation are letting our leaders define who we are, allowing race baiting, and worst of all, pitting us against each other. It's up to us to learn from the past, it's up to us to use our history and move forward together and not everyone will move at the same speed, make the same money or hit the same goals, but we need to move forward as a nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. (Sound familiar?)
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The only colors the military needs to base decision on is blue and red.
The military's end game is not to hug it out. We kick in doors and kill people - don't complicate it with more fuzzy logic.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_force_tracking
The military's end game is not to hug it out. We kick in doors and kill people - don't complicate it with more fuzzy logic.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_force_tracking
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