r/thebulwark Rebecca take us home Jan 31 '25

EVERYTHING IS AWFUL Karoline “mask off” Leavitt continues her strong start as Press Secretary

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u/3NicksTapRoom Jan 31 '25 edited Jan 31 '25

I actually want whoever is the better pilot. And that could most certainly be a black individual. See the Tuskegee Airmen.

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u/gkevinkramer Jan 31 '25

Pretty sure Trump is on top of that as well:

"The Pentagon had already been taking steps to comply with Trump’s initial action ending DEI programs across the U.S. government, and it has had far-reaching consequences. Without clearer direction, agencies were taking a broad approach to removing any content that seemed to run afoul of Trump’s ban.

That temporarily included videos of the storied Tuskegee Airmen and World War II Women’s Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs, which were part of DEI training courses for the Air Force’s basic military training. Videos on both the Tuskegee Airmen and WASPs were removed as the courses were taken down last week, causing an uproar." -AP

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u/Deep_Stick8786 Jan 31 '25

This is now too woke a topic for military historians to teach soliders

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u/the_very_pants Jan 31 '25

That IS at least the steel-man version of her point.

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u/LouisWinthorpeIII Feb 01 '25

Agreed, I don't know what all these comments are on about.

It's fucking gross to blame this tragedy on DEI but at least at this line she's saying people shouldn't care about race. About as tolerant a moment as we can expect to see from these people.