The Sarah Palin affirmative
action pick reminded me of a situation that I experienced when I was stationed
in South Korea.
When I was in Korea we had a
new Sergeant Major (highest enlisted rank) come in and replace our very caring,
mild mannered Sergeant Major. The new Sergeant
Major was unqualified (she had never led soldiers) and obviously was promoted
because she was Black and female. She
used to always say: “fake it ‘til you make it”; it was obvious that she was
faking it.
She was loud, wore faddish
wigs, and was always twirling her neck and pointing her finger in someone’s
face. She embodied the stereotypes of
Black Women. As a Black Women I was
offended that she attained the highest enlisted rank in the army with fewer
qualifications than the soldiers that she led.
She belittled high ranking
soldiers in front of their soldiers. Always
on a war path, everyone was bound to cross her. You know it’s bad when Black and White soldiers are telling each other
that she only got promoted because she is Black and female. The morale plummeted very quickly and soldiers
were leaving the unit left and right.
I left for another
organization in Korea early after she and I got into a shouting match. I left before I got myself into trouble. I already had orders to leave, thank God.
I was not surprised when I heard that when she went to Iraq she left her soldiers in a gun fight and ran away.
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