It's Awesome Being in the White Male Club!

[Ogre]

Do we get rings?  Is there a special handshake?  Or are gingers not allowed?

Pentagon training manual: white males have unfair advantages

A controversial 600-plus page manual used by the military to train its Equal Opportunity officers teaches that "healthy, white, heterosexual, Christian" men hold an unfair advantage over other races, and warns in great detail about a so-called "White Male Club."

“Simply put, a healthy, white, heterosexual, Christian male receives many unearned advantages of social privilege, whereas a black, homosexual, atheist female in poor health receives many unearned disadvantages of social privilege,” reads a statement in the manual created by the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute (DEOMI).

The manual, which was obtained by Fox News, also instructs troops to “support the leadership of people of color. Do this consistently, but not uncritically,” the manual states.

The Equal Opportunity Advisor Student Guide is the textbook used during a three month DEOMI course taught at Patrick Air Force Base in Florida. Individuals who attend the training lead Equal Opportunity briefings on military installations around the nation.

The 637-page manual covers a wide range of issues from racism and religious diversity to cultural awareness, extremism and white privilege.

I obtained a copy of the manual from an Equal Opportunity officer who was disturbed by the course content and furious over the DEOMI’s reliance on the Southern Poverty Law Center for information on “extremist” groups. 

“I’m participating in teaching things that are not true,” the instructor told me. He asked not to be identified because he feared reprisals.

“I should not be in a position to do that,” he said. “It violates Constitutional principles, but it also violates my conscience. And I’m not going to do it – not going to do it.”

DEOMI instructors were also responsible for briefings at bases around the country that falsely labeled evangelical Christians, Catholics and a number of high-profile Christian ministries as domestic hate groups. 

I contacted the Pentagon as well as the DEOMI multiple times for comment on this story, but so far they have not responded to my requests.

DEOMI opened in 1971 in response to the civil rights movement. It’s responsible for Equal Opportunity/Equal Employment Opportunity education and training for military active duty and reservists, according to its website.

The subject of white privilege emerged in a 20-page section titled, “Power and Privilege.”

“Whites are the empowered group,” the manual declares. “White males represent the haves as compared to the have-nots.”

The military document advises personnel to “assume racism is everywhere, every day” and “notice code words for race.” They are also instructed to “understand and learn from the history of whiteness and racism.”

“Assume racism is everywhere, everyday,” read a statement in a section titled, ‘How to be a strong 'white ally.'"

“One of the privileges of being white is not having to see or deal with racism all the time,” the manual states. “We have to learn to see the effect that racism has.”

On page 181 of the manual, the military points out that status and wealth are typically passed from generation to generation and “represent classic examples of the unearned advantages of social privilege.”

“As such, the unfair economic advantages and disadvantages created long ago by institutions for whites, males, Christians, etc. still affect socioeconomic privilege today,” the manual states.

The guide also points out that whites are over-represented and blacks are underrepresented in positive news stories, that middle class blacks live in poorer neighborhoods than middle class whites and that even though there are more white criminals than any other race, the news coverage of black criminals is about equal to the news coverage of white criminals.

The military manual goes into great detail about a so-called “White Male Club.”

“In spite of slave insurrections, civil war, the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments, the women’s suffrage movement leading to the 19th amendment, the civil rights movement, urban rebellions and the contemporary feminist movement, the club persists,” the document states.

DEOMI states that “full access to the resources of the club still escape the vision of equitable distribution.”

The military also implies that white Americans may be in denial about racism.

In a section titled, “Rationalizations for Retaining Privilege and Avoiding Responsibilities,” the military lays out excuses white people use.

“Today some white people may use the tactic of denial when they say, ‘It’s a level playing field; this is a land of equal opportunity,’” the manual reads. “Some white people may be counterattacking today by saying political correctness rules the universities or they want special status.”

DEOMI points out that if “white people are unable to maintain that the atrocities are all in the past, they may switch to tactics to make a current situation seem isolated.”

They said some of the ways whites may claim to be victims include saying things like, “I have it just as bad as anyone else,” “They’re taking away our jobs,” or “White people are under attack.”
The military concludes the section by urging students to “understand and learn from the history of whiteness and racism” and “support the leadership of people of color.”

I called former Congressman and Lt. Col. Allen West (ret.) to get his take on the manual. In a nutshell – he wants a congressional investigation.

“This is the Obama administration’s outreach of social justice into the United States military,” he told me. “Equal Opportunity in the Army that I grew up in did not have anything to do with white privilege.”

West said he is very concerned about the training guide.

“When the president talked about fundamentally transforming the United States of America, I believe he also had a dedicated agenda of going after the United States military,” he said. “The priorities of this administration are totally whacked.”

West said the DEOMI manual reminded him of a similar program inflicted on the military by President Clinton.

“They came down with a new training requirement called, ‘Consideration of Others Training,’” he said. “The soldiers were supposed to sit around and go through vignettes and talk about their feelings.”

I truly wish the Pentagon and the DEOMI would return my telephone calls. I’d like to know how teaching soldiers, airmen and sailors about white privilege and fomenting racial division helps them protect our nation from the enemy.

TL;DR version:  Whitey is bad and inherently racist because whiteness.  They are the reason your life sucks.  Play nice but don't trust them.

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[Saniflush]

Do we get rings?  Is there a special handshake?  Or are gingers not allowed?

TL;DR version:  Whitey is bad and inherently racist because whiteness.  They are the reason your life sucks.  Play nice but don't trust them.

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This may be the most disturbing part...

I obtained a copy of the manual from an Equal Opportunity officer who was disturbed by the course content and furious over the DEOMI’s reliance on the Southern Poverty Law Center for information on “extremist” groups. 

[wesfau2]

I don't think anyone can argue that you have to really work at it to fuck up being a hetero white male in this country.

[Saniflush]

I don't think anyone can argue that you have to really work at it to fuck up being a hetero white male in this country.

This thread would disagree.

http://woopig.net/board/index.php/topic,64973.0.html

[wesfau2]

This thread would disagree.

http://woopig.net/board/index.php/topic,64973.0.html

How dare you denigrate the effort put forth by those fine Washington county residents...

[dallaswareagle]

I don't think anyone can argue that you have to really work at it to fuck up being a hetero white male in this country.

Way too many examples to shoot this down but here's one.

[wesfau2]

Way too many examples to shoot this down but here's one.

Christ, you people (/noracism) are dense.

[Snaggletiger]

Christ, you people (/noracism) are dense.

Don't bring religion into this.

[dallaswareagle]

Christ, you people (/noracism) are dense.

I don't think I need to lose that much weight?

[GH2001]

I don't think anyone can argue that you have to really work at it to fuck up being a hetero white male in this country.

Why? They're the only ones who don't get an artificial handicap or advantage from the govt or society.

Shall we go through the real world examples?

Unless you are using some of THS' extreme hyperbole.

[wesfau2]

Why? They're the only ones who don't get an artificial handicap or advantage from the govt or society.

Shall we go through the real world examples?

Despite those artificial "advantages", if white hetero male shows up (and can refrain from drooling on himself and has managed to avoid any involvement with the judicial system...also easy for HWM), HE likely gets the job.

[GH2001]

Despite those artificial "advantages", if white hetero male shows up (and can refrain from drooling on himself and has managed to avoid any involvement with the judicial system...also easy for HWM), HE likely gets the job.

Have you ever applied for a job at the post office? It is there and places of the like where you will find out quickly that they put white males right below snake shit on the hiring ladder.

But let's go with your argument here - You're also assuming HWM gets the job because he is simply HWM. HWMs also tend to be more qualified and educated in general. So are Asians. Maybe that's why HWM got the job you speak of. In the event of a tie however, the woman or minority is going to get that job simply for being just that.

And I'm not trying to pick an argument with you or anything. I just don't think it's as simple as you stated in your first post. There are lots of variables at play. I've experienced it first hand.

HWM has to pay his own way to college for the most part. Unless dirt poor, no grants. Not for simply being HWM. No UNCF.

HWM doesn't get exemptions in re to college admissions. If I want to get in, I have to make the score. Because of quotas that's not the case with non HWM.

There is no law saying quota has to be met for hiring HWM.

And on and on.

There is such a shit ton of help out there for non HWM. Which more than offsets any advantage HWM has from his historical reputation and perception alone.

[Ogre]

Despite those artificial "advantages", if white hetero male shows up (and can refrain from drooling on himself and has managed to avoid any involvement with the judicial system...also easy for HWM), HE likely gets the job.

[wesfau2]

Have you ever applied for a job at the post office? It is there and places of the like where you will find out quickly that they put white males right below snake shit on the hiring ladder.

But let's go with your argument here - You're also assuming HWM gets the job because he is simply HWM. HWMs also tend to be more qualified and educated in general. So are Asians. Maybe that's why HWM got the job you speak of. In the event of a tie however, the woman or minority is going to get that job simply for being just that.

And I'm not trying to pick an argument with you or anything. I just don't think it's as simple as you stated in your first post. There are lots of variables at play. I've experienced it first hand.

HWM has to pay his own way to college for the most part. Unless dirt poor, no grants. Not for simply being HWM. No UNCF.

HWM doesn't get exemptions in re to college admissions. If I want to get in, I have to make the score. Because of quotas that's not the case with non HWM.

There is no law saying quota has to be met for hiring HWM.

And on and on.

There is such a shit ton of help out there for non HWM. Which more than offsets any advantage HWM has from his historical reputation and perception alone.

Just to be clear:  you assert that there is no advantage to being HWM?

Follow up question:  would you give it up?

[dallaswareagle]

Have you ever applied for a job at the post office? It is there and places of the like where you will find out quickly that they put white males right below snake shit on the hiring ladder.

^^ Agree, all Gubment/state and city.

But let's go with your argument here - You're also assuming HWM gets the job because he is simply HWM. HWMs also tend to be more qualified and educated in general. So are Asians. Maybe that's why HWM got the job you speak of. In the event of a tie however, the woman or minority is going to get that job simply for being just that.

Gonna slightly disagree based on who I talk with and the way we approach hiring here. I know a lot of friends who are in management (Hiring area) are almost afraid of hiring minorities to a certain extent. Once hired if you fire them you are almost always looking at a law suit or discrimination suit. By taking a less qualified HWM you may have some issue with work ethic but you avoid the long term legal entanglement.

[dallaswareagle]

Just to be clear:  you assert that there is no advantage to being HWM?

I'll answer from my perspective: The reason I am successful is because my parents worked hard and made a better life for themselves and me which they passed on to me. (Both parents picked cotton at one time back in the day) Neither one of my parents graduated high school.

Follow up question:  would you give it up?

Why do I have to give up something? Why is there is some reason that HWM is the person who must give up something? Why can't the other person just get better?  Nick Marshall is a better football player than I am what is he going to give up so I can play football for Auburn. I could be Clint M II.

[wesfau2]

Why do I have to give up something? Why is there is some reason that HWM is the person who must give up something? Why can't the other person just get better?  Nick Marshall is a better football player than I am what is he going to give up so I can play football for Auburn. I could be Clint M II.

Obviously athletics are one arena where statistical results trump whitey status.

[CCTAU]

Perfect example of the way of thinking that created this training manual in the first place.
 
If you are white and you are embarrased about it, keep it to yourself. The rest of us are not embarrassed and see no reason to "even the odds".

[dallaswareagle]

Obviously athletics are one arena where statistical results trump whitey status.

Is it because their better or work harder? A little of both?

[Snaggletiger]

Is it because their better or work harder? A little of both?

The black is a better athlete to begin with because he's been bred to be that way, because of his high thighs and big thighs that goes up into his back, and they can jump higher and run faster because of their bigger thighs and he's bred to be the better athlete because this goes back all the way to the Civil War when during the slave trade, the slave owner would breed his big black to his big woman so that he could have a big black kid.

Sincerely, Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder  January 6, 1988