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CNOs guidance on diversity
- Thread starter S.O.B.
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i call shenanigans. the military is the last true meritocracy in our society. now this pc crap is oozing in. best man for the job, based on abilities and skills, not their ethnicity, race, etc.
If you don't think there's affirmative action (or whatever the gender-based version of it is) in the Navy, you are mistaken.
this is pc bullshit, cut and dry. respectfully, of course. Thankfully, these are not being implemented as regulations, just recommendations, which makes them easy to file in the circular file bin whenever the next CNO comes along.
Saw that first hand as an academy applicant. My BGO even said to me, "They're going to love you since you're a female with a 700 math SAT." After getting the letter of assurance, and even to this day, I wonder if I would have done well in the application process if I had been a guy. I might have, but who knows. All this does is make everyone look at every good deal, every job, every promotion, etc., that someone does or doesn't get, and wonder if they got/didn't get it because of their race/gender/whatever. That undermines morale and the health of the military structure. Bad juju.
+1
It hurts on both sides of the issue; it says to minorities "you're not good enough to make it on your performance, so we're going to give you a handicap."
Pat Buchanan wrote a book titled "Death of the West." Among other things, it addresses declining caucasian birth rates in the U.S. and Europe and what the social fabric of our country will look like in the years ahead. His book (and lots of other references) lead one to believe that the only way an all volunteer military is going to survive, is by attempting to mirror what our society will look like in the future wrt race, ethnicity, etc.
So, is our military's future dependant on our ability to attract and retain only the brightest & best from minorities (whom will soon be the majority), or do we just continue to recruit and select the "best of the best" even though (on a percentage basis) they may be caucasian males? How can we attract a rising social majority (hispanics to name one of the biggest and fastest rising) when they might not be the "brightest & best" when compared to other socio-economic groups?
I know some will say: "screw it, if the best person for the job is a white, caucasian male, then so be it." But, if the numbers of white causians is declining so fast in relative comparison to other, now minority groups, how can we possibly continue to fill our ranks with the best?
I have my own opinions, but looking forward to the "back & forth."
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So, is our military's future dependant on our ability to attract and retain only the brightest & best from minorities (whom will soon be the majority), or do we just continue to recruit and select the "best of the best" even though (on a percentage basis) they may be caucasian males? How can we attract a rising social majority (hispanics to name one of the biggest and fastest rising) when they might not be the "brightest & best" when compared to other socio-economic groups?
I know some will say: "screw it, if the best person for the job is a white, caucasian male, then so be it." But, if the numbers of white causians is declining so fast in relative comparison to other, now minority groups, how can we possibly continue to fill our ranks with the best?
I have my own opinions, but looking forward to the "back & forth."
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Why the hell should anything be more or less difficult because of skin color? Does this type of attitude do anything other than promote racism rather than get rid of it. The Navy officer corps from what I have seen is probably the least racist place in America.
A good friend of mine who happens to be a minority is kicking the living crap out of primary. His success is due to the way he busts his ass and handles himself in the biref and the plane, not his ethnicity. I would be extremely angry if I ever found out I was being rated higher or lower solely based on my race. I pray the day doesn't come when people miss promotions or command billets because they possess every necessary quality except for being the proper race.
A good friend of mine who happens to be a minority is kicking the living crap out of primary. His success is due to the way he busts his ass and handles himself in the biref and the plane, not his ethnicity. I would be extremely angry if I ever found out I was being rated higher or lower solely based on my race. I pray the day doesn't come when people miss promotions or command billets because they possess every necessary quality except for being the proper race.
Ahem, you do realize that the military lead the way (for better or worse) in affirmative action?
Maybe I'm not understanding this paragraph. It sounds like the assumption is whites are being overtaken in terms of population by minorities, whites are the best and brightest, if they are not breeding as prolifically as minorities, less of the best and brightest will lead our military, therefore, we won't have the best and brightest anymore when minorities take their place? maybe i get a -1 for reading comprehension if this isn't what you were saying, but it doesn't quite sound right to me.
a better phrase would be "if the best person for the job is...the best person for the job, then so be it" and we could avoid all of this BS.