Purple Heart Marine arrested at pro-Confederate rally is being kicked out of the Corps

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2. If he hadn't been caught

he would still be a Marine. He would still hold a position of power over POC. Who here believes there is no such thing as institutional racism? A self fulfilling prophesy. Believe that POC are more criminal then dish out maximum punishment for minor infractions to blacks and give whites a pass. When up for a promotion, POC have infractions on their resume, while the white person got a pass. Guess who gets the promotion? The cumulative affect is whites keep rising to positions of power, while the POC stagnate at lower levels feeding the myth.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/06/07/black-troops-much-twice-likely-punished-commanders-courts/102555630/

Black troops as much as twice as likely to be punished by commanders, courts

Black service members were as much as two times more likely than white troops to face discipline in an average year, according to an analysis by Protect Our Defenders, an advocacy organization for victims of sexual assault and military justice. The group combed through Pentagon data from 2006 to 2015 for its report

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“Over the past decade, racial disparities have persisted in the military justice system without indications of improvement,” the report states. “These disparities are particularly striking for black service members, who face military justice or disciplinary action at much higher rates than white service members in every service branch. In fact, the size of the disparity between white and black service members’ military justices involvement has remained consistent over the years, and, in the case of the Air Force and Marine Corps has increased.”