Posted on Jul 7, 2020
Black US Army cadets say they were called the N-word and 'shunned' for reporting discrimination...
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United States Military Academy (USMA West Point)
Ethnicity
Racism
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I feel like a real assertive leader among the cadre could have and should have addressed these kinds of incidents and put everyone back on track. Much like other situations I have seen, it is when leaders get hands-off that the jackassery starts.
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SPC Erich Guenther
Agree but shouldn't the cadets try to resolve it first amongst themselves? If you adopt a zero tolerance policy with racism and one side is taught they can be hands off and just report it without being taught the skills on how to resolve it first......is that the solution we want or do we want more of a team approach tried first......then escalate to leadership. Especially given this is a class of future LT's.
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SPC Erich Guenther - Should they? Yes.
But there are other considerations at work in the Academy, and that tends to lead to a code of silence, empowering abusive behavior.
These are future leaders, but they aren't leaders yet. That is where the cadre comes in.
But there are other considerations at work in the Academy, and that tends to lead to a code of silence, empowering abusive behavior.
These are future leaders, but they aren't leaders yet. That is where the cadre comes in.
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I keep on wanting to give a thumbs down whenever I see anything like this. Not because I want to tumb you down, SSG Robert Mark Odom but because I want to thumbs down what happened.
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