By Dave Urbanski | theblaze.com
The U.S. Army is investigating an unauthorized
diversity training presentation on “white privilege” shown to hundreds
of Georgia soldiers, USA Today reported, citing an Army spokeswoman.
The Equal Opportunity training presentation was
shown to about 400 soldiers of the 67th Signal Battalion at Fort Gordon
on Thursday, according to Captain Lindsay Roman.
The portion of the program involved a slide
projected on a screen entitled ”The Luxury of Obliviousness,” which
listed elements of “white privilege.”
“Race privilege gives whites little reason to
pay a lot of attention to African Americans or to how white privilege
affects them. ‘To be white in American (sic) means not having to think
about it,’” one bullet point read.
After an image of the slide was posted to a Facebook page, the reaction was swift and pointed.
“That should be instant UCMJ and Dishonorable Discharge for the instructor who deviated in this manner,” George Stevens wrote.
“Pretty sick of hearing about white privilege.
Nearly my entire chain of command and NCO support channel have been
Hispanic or black since I joined,” Tim Wilson Jr. added.
“True story: I went to a forced EEO class and
the white female SSG said we white folks were a problem. I looked around
the room and everyone of every race were rolling their eyes,” Scott
Hampton Truelove recalled. “We of all races went fishing, eating out,
having BBQs, went to the club, together. We all never had a problem with
race. We as a group stood up and walked out. She was cutting into our
beer drinking time.”
Captain Roman said the instructor was out of line.
“The unit (Equal Opportunity) instructor
deviated from the authorized topic and content which was provided,”
Roman told USA Today. “To prevent further instances, all unit
instructors will receive additional training on the importance of
following Army EO training requirements.”
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