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As far as whether the military is or isn't an equal opportunity employer, of course it is - it has to be - any employer who actually wants "the best" has to be. Too many of the best employees are in marginalized groups.

But employers need to be more than equal opportunity employers. They also need to treat all employees equaly on every basis except the way they do their jobs. Not just at the time of hiring, but in perpetuity. Check out this -
https://www.cpr.org/2023/09/28/jacquie-abram-hush-money-book-suicide-awareness/

One quote - "Because here's the thing, even though I was in a very dangerous spot mentally, it wasn't because I didn't know how to fight the racism that I was experiencing. I knew how to fight, but I was exhausted. I was racially tired of having to fight and claw my way to success only to have changes in leadership. Now you're dealing with someone new and that sends you plummeting back down to the beginning again."

I've seen this happening to my BFF, and hated it, but didn't have the wrods to explain it. Chandra is not making it up.

I've long said that selling the idea that people in marginalized groups are good, not evil, not incompetent may tdo more harm than good. Evenhatred is easier for people to acknowledge than envy.