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Racism in America (and advocated on this forum)

Posted on: September 29, 2017 at 08:49:43 CT
Silas MU
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Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria, superintendent of the Air Force Academy, yesterday "stood all of his 4,000 cadets at attention ... [c]hins in and chests out ... to deliver a message on racial slurs found written on message boards at the academy's preparatory school," The (Colorado Springs) Gazette reports.

At the culmination of his five-minute lecture on "the power of diversity" of race and gender, the general barked: "Reach for your phones. I'm serious: Reach for your phones. ... Grab your phones. I want you to videotape this — so that you have it, so that you can use it, so that we all have the moral courage together."

Then he said: "If you can't treat someone with dignity and respect, then get out." The general turned and left.

The academy says in a release that "five black students woke up Tuesday to find 'Go Home' followed by an epithet scrawled on message boards outside their rooms."
More from Silveria, an '85 graduate of the academy: "If you're outraged by those words, then you're in the right place ... We would ... be tone deaf not to think about the backdrop of what's going on in our country — things like Charlottesville and Ferguson, the protests in the NFL."

" [W]hat we should have is a civil discourse and talk about these issues. That's a better idea."
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Racism in America (and advocated on this forum) - Silas MU - 9/29 08:49:43
     RE: Racism in America (and advocated on this forum) - TigerFan92 MU - 9/29 11:10:15
     loses cred when he brings up Ferguson - JG MU - 9/29 10:29:33
          There was plenty of racism at play in Ferguson... - mizzoumurfkc MU - 9/29 10:49:40
     Wait for the next shoe to drop..... the racist message - Spanky KU - 9/29 10:18:45
     Since you're afraid of links, how about - hokie VT - 9/29 09:17:06
     Come down from your cross (nm) - MUGuy2004 MU - 9/29 09:13:41
     STFU, since you don't even comprehend your own post. - RHAYWORTH MU - 9/29 09:07:27
          Watching the last episode of the Ken Burns show last night - Tigrrrr! MU - 9/29 09:20:21
     RE: Racism in America (and advocated on this forum) - ummmm MU - 9/29 09:03:58
          TRUE equality mean - MUGuy2004 MU - 9/29 09:15:08
     Yes, talk about the issues - Sal KC - 9/29 08:59:33
          The poor black people un-mourned by the masses - MUGuy2004 MU - 9/29 09:24:55
          Ok - pickle MU - 9/29 09:21:58
               Pickel, can you explain what - tcat UMKC - 9/29 09:35:03
                    RE: Pickel, can you explain what - pickle MU - 9/29 09:53:20
                         So we can agree that all peoples - tcat UMKC - 9/29 10:02:55
                              No, I don't believe that. (nm) - pickle MU - 9/29 10:14:23
                                   One what, Class or color?(nm) - tcat UMKC - 9/29 10:35:10
                                        All of it (nm) - pickle MU - 9/29 11:07:24
               pickle...do you sob into your pillow at night? (nm) - MUGuy2004 MU - 9/29 09:22:57
     I wish the libs on this board weren't racist - tman KC - 9/29 08:57:15
          THEY are the real racists. Assuming so much on behalf - MUGuy2004 MU - 9/29 09:27:42
          There are libs on here who would scream "racism!" at a - Tigrrrr! MU - 9/29 08:59:15
               They scream it for many things that are not racist - tman KC - 9/29 09:02:50
                    It's what trying to maintain relevance looks like. I mean - MUGuy2004 MU - 9/29 09:26:02
     Good for the General - mu7176grad MU - 9/29 08:57:12
          Yep. No one deserves to be treated poorly.(nm) - Tigrrrr! MU - 9/29 08:58:14
               You don't believe this at all. - pickle MU - 9/29 09:30:36
                    You get treated like you treat others. - Tigrrrr! MU - 9/29 09:35:41
                         I'm not referring to anyone on this board - pickle MU - 9/29 09:54:31
                              Act like an @sshole, get treated like an @sshole. - Tigrrrr! MU - 9/29 10:00:16
                                   No matter how you try to justify it - pickle MU - 9/29 10:08:32
                                        No, they need to be treated respectfully but if they - Tigrrrr! MU - 9/29 10:13:25
                                             Again, read your posts (nm) - pickle MU - 9/29 10:24:44
                                                  Whatever. - Tigrrrr! MU - 9/29 10:27:35
                                                       No, that's incorrect (nm) - pickle MU - 9/29 11:07:50
                                                            In uniform it is.(nm) - Tigrrrr! MU - 9/29 12:37:58
                                                                 No, that is incorrect (nm) - pickle MU - 9/29 12:46:56
     Thats all you Lefties got anymore, Yer a Racist !! - Uncle Fester USMC - 9/29 08:55:17
     Yep, - catbirdseat MU - 9/29 08:53:36
          poli (nm) - pickle MU - 9/29 09:07:53
          Who do you think is racist? - Sal KC - 9/29 09:00:38
               It's a lazy person who uses that term. It's so much - MUGuy2004 MU - 9/29 09:16:41
               GAT, mizzouSECedes, Tigrrrr, MUTGR (nm) - pickle MU - 9/29 09:10:14
                    Hokie, Coorsbob(nm) - MrBlueSky MU - 9/29 09:11:02
                         Coors4Bob, yes - pickle MU - 9/29 09:15:46
                              Are they Racist or are they Bigots? - tcat UMKC - 9/29 09:22:09
                                   They don't like it when the crime-related posts - Tigrrrr! MU - 9/29 09:33:04
                                        There is no such thing as a crime on society - pickle MU - 9/29 10:02:07
                                             Sure thing, Rainman.(nm) - Tigrrrr! MU - 9/29 10:13:58
                                   They are racists - pickle MU - 9/29 09:28:55
                                        Oh you name names. - Tigrrrr! MU - 9/29 09:33:45
                                   Spencer Tillman made an excellent point this week - MUGuy2004 MU - 9/29 09:23:59
                                        Then by that point - tcat UMKC - 9/29 09:46:48
                                        Tillman is wrong - pickle MU - 9/29 09:29:49
                                             So since you believe the individual makes their own morals - tcat UMKC - 9/29 09:42:41
                                                  I don't believe individuals make their own moral code - pickle MU - 9/29 10:06:58
          Hmmm. I immediately thought - Ferg STL - 9/29 08:56:43
          RE: Yep, - Tigrrrr! MU - 9/29 08:56:00




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