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[quote=Anonymous]Interesting article

[quote] White Officers: Maybe Oblivious But Not Innocent

..To even have the opportunity to be my friend he had to overcome the incredible odds of life as a young black man. He had to navigate his way through a Navy rife with unconscious bias that denied him the wider margins of error and smoother career progression his white contemporaries enjoyed. He had to bear the burden of the black naval officer that Commander Marcus Canady and Lieutenant Commander Desmond Walker wrote about in their recent respective Proceedings articles, “Racial Tensions in America Requires Intrusive Leadership” and “The Burden of a Black Naval Officer.” A burden that involves the “exhaustive mental drain of cumulative questioning,” the weight of being labeled as an example of either “black excellence or black incompetence,” and the need to wear an invisible mask at work that “hides the part that is hurting, tired, and frustrated.”

… If the Navy’s long-held insistence on being colorblind is the best way to address systemic racism, [b]why over the course of an average career do black naval officers lose rank and positions of power while their white colleagues gain and improve on already substantial positions?[/b] Why, after more than [b]20 years in the Navy, do I continually find myself in rooms of power full of white naval officers?[/b] Why, after more than 70 years since President Truman desegregated the military, does the Navy still celebrate with great fanfare, while failing to hide the obvious hints of tokenism, the promotions of black naval officers to senior positions? [b]Why are there currently no black naval officers above the rank of two-star? [/b]Why, if diversity and inclusivity are important, has the Navy failed to conduct a rigorous analysis of how it recruits, retains, and promotes black officers? [b]Why did two Chiefs of Naval Operation—50 years apart—send roughly the same message to the fleet admitting the presence of racism and a desire to do something about it? [/b]And, ultimately, why, if everybody is innocent and nobody thinks they are racist, does the Navy keep getting racist outcomes? [/quote]

https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2020/july/white-officers-maybe-oblivious-not-innocent

Wow …www.usni.org….guess everything is no a okay. [/quote]

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