Racism didn't exist in the military before Biden, Sen. Tom Cotton says with straight face

[Bucky]

https://taskandpurpose.com/news/pentagon-racism-diversity-tom-cotton/

Racism didn’t exist in the military before Biden, US Senator says with straight face

A white senator from the South told America’s first Black defense secretary on Thursday that President Joe Biden’s nascent administration has witnessed the birth of racism and sexism within the military.

The cause of this completely new phenomenon is allegedly the anti-extremism and diversity training that troops have taken so far this year, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) said during Thursday’s Senate Armed Services Committee hearing.

“Mr. Secretary: We’re hearing reports of plummeting morale, growing mistrust between the races and sexes where none existed just six months ago, and unexpected retirements and separations based on these trainings alone,” said Cotton, a former Army captain and a graduate of Ranger School.

Dog whistles aside, there is plenty of evidence that racism and sexism within the ranks actually predates the Biden administration. Task & Purpose has documented 40 cases since 2016 of service members and veterans participating in extremist organizations, such as white supremacist groups.

The Pentagon tried to bury a 2017 survey that found nearly one-third of Black service members who responded said they had experienced racism. Moreover, 30% of Black respondents and 22% of Asian respondents felt their chances for promotion would be harmed if they reported the racial harassment and discrimination that they endured.

[Thomas Hurt]

1. lyin sack

[Pantagruel]

2. Cotton's dismissive questioning of Austin

itself was demonstration of racism .

[Champion Jack]

3. The same guy that lied about being an army ranger...

[tenderfoot]

4. He's a troll

eom

[C_U_L8R]

5. The stuffing in Mr Cotton's head wouldn't fill a MyPillow.

but it'd be just as despicable.

[Calista241]

6. While there will always be exceptions, and a handful of far out crazies

I have seen far less racism in the military. The military itself is FAR more integrated than the civilian population as a whole.

I could walk out my house today and go to 3 stores, a gas station and a park and not see a black or brown person. And I live in Atlanta, which a friend of mine referred to as 'Black Mecca' in America. The chances of that happening on a military base is zero.

Tom Cotton is a dumb ass, but racism in the military is far less a problem than it is in civilian life.

[brush]

7. Cotton is an idiot...trying to gaslight the Secretary, a former general...

who undoubtedly had to steer around many racial issues in his military career. And you just know Cotton is maneuvering to run for president once it becomes clear that trump has deteriorated pass the point of running in '24.

[Midnight Writer]

8. To a Republican, it isn't racist unless it's a White Guy getting flack.

[msongs]

9. the correct response to cotton - what reports and from who? nt

[Aristus]

10. Nice bit of white-splaining there, Tom...

[roamer65]

11. I'd like to throttle his stupid pencil neck.

[rockfordfile]

12. pos idiot

[irisblue]

13. Executive Order 9981 was issued on July 26, 1948, by President Harry S. Truman,

Ending segregation in the US Military

F that guy

[flotsam]

14. 1972 Fort Dix NJ

Drill Sergeant: I need four men for De-tail (some undesirable task)

DS "This is the US Army-There ain't no black or white-you all green!

DS "Now I want four of you dark green GI's for detail"...

Yeah Asswipe-Joe Biden invented it.

[Hekate]

15. To some, racism didn't exist in the South until "outsider agitators" stirred things up. Good to know

…where Tom Cotton is getting his basic ideas from.

[jmowreader]

16. If you'd like to know why lieutenants in the Army take so much crap...