Documents Reveal US Army Indoctrinated Soldiers On Dangers of 'White Privilege''Our society attaches privilege to being white and male and heterosexual.'Judicial Watch Mar. 09, 2016 |
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Judicial Watch announced today that it obtained documents from the United States Department of the Army revealing that in April 2015, 400 soldiers in the 67th Signal Battalion at Fort Gordon, Georgia, were subjected to a "white privilege" briefing, including a PowerPoint presentation instructing the attendees: "Our society attaches privilege to being white and male and heterosexual ..." The slideshow also informed the soldiers: "Race privilege gives whites little reason to pay a lot of attention to African Americans." It alleged that there are unspecified "powerful forces everywhere" keeping different kinds of people from being valued, accepted, and appreciated, but "we act as if it doesn't exist." This alleged privilege creates a "yawning divide" in income, wealth, and dignity. The material described a mythical African woman who isn't aware that she's black until she comes to America, encounters "white racism" and discovers the U.S. is "organized according to race." The Department of the Army documents were obtained in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request seeking: Any and all materials used in an Equal Opportunity briefing provided on April 2, 2015, to the 67th Signal Battalion at Fort Gordon, Georgia, which included a discussion of "white privilege," including but not limited to, handouts, PowerPoint presentations, audio/video tapes, course syllabi, and any recordings of the presentation itself.The response to the Judicial Watch FOIA request included the entire Equal Opportunity Training PowerPoint presentation entitled "Power and Privilege," which states: Privilege exists when one group has something of value that is denied to others simply because of the groups they belong to, rather than because of anything they've done or failed to do.Though news of the indoctrination incident was briefly reported in Stars and Stripes shortly after it occurred, only one of the above slides previously has been made public. Confronted with the information at the time, an Army spokesperson claimed the presentation was not officially sanctioned. Judicial Watch previously obtained Defense Department equal opportunity training materials that depict conservative organizations as "hate groups" and advise students to be aware that "many extremists will talk of individual liberties, states' rights, and how to make the world a better place." And last month, Judicial Watch uncovered Air Force Academy documents that show how the Academy used its "Chapel Tithes and Offering Fund" to pay for cadets to participate in worship services featuring witchcraft, "Faery Magick," and voodoo. "Outrageous -- that is the only word to describe this type of raw racist indoctrination," said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. "The Obama administration undermines the morale of our military with morally repugnant 'equal opportunity' that makes many soldiers feel unwelcome because they are the wrong sex, race, religion or aren't part of a politically correct group." |