There are a couple of factors to be considered here. First, a lot of black college students are not American born and raised. Second, those American born are disproportionately middle class in origin. Certainly there is the affirmative action “Mismatch” problem.

I would not be surprised to see some violence from the “black radical ”
factor like these Dartmouth losers. Still, they are disproportionately female and mostly noisy.

There certainly is a thug subculture among black athletes but I doubt the crime ratios are more than 2 or 3, not 9 to 12 as in cities including the gang culture.

My black medical students were mostly foreign born .

I guess you would have found it more palatable if Trump had made the same comment, but as cool as Henry Kissinger did: “Power is the greatest aphrodisiac.”

Mike K:

The Israel Defence Force has no military academy, or ROTC, for that matter. All officers come from the ranks; at the end of their mandatory service, if they apply and are evaluated as qualified, they contract to serve longer and go to OCS.

A fun story about the past “discipline” — and before you try the recipe, remember that raw eggs will kill you (the Food Police said so), although maybe the alcohol kills all the germs.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-great-west-point-eggnog-riot?source=email&via=desktop

I certainly hope your (male) contemporaries have the sense to stay the hell away from you.

Have some gin with your bitters, Deco Mart.

It probably sounded good when he said it. He forgot he always has to wash with an antimicrobial before he touches anything, and after. So many great moments slip away in that fashion.

A lot of this, I suspect, is the feminist, affirmative action lobby at work. Remember, the cadets are nominated by Congress critters. The abusers seem, from his account, to be those very individuals who are benefitted by the culture war.

I wonder about the Navy but the circumstances of the Fitzgerald collision are being concealed.

Not until a year later, when the final reports are made public and the guilty parties have been court-martialed, does the truth come out. The OOD was named Sarah, and the Tactical Action Officer was named Natalie, and they weren’t speaking to each other!!! The Tactical Action Officer would normally be in near constant communication with the OOD, but there is no record of any communication between them that entire shift!
Another fun fact: In the Navy that won WWII, the damage control officers were usually some of the biggest and strongest men aboard, able to close hatches, shore up damaged areas with timbers, etc. The Fitz’s damage control officer was also a woman, and she never left the bridge. She handled the aftermath of the accident remotely, without lifting a finger herself!

That suggests the rot is not just the Army. The Air Force is not much better when the Susan Helms case is considered.

She was really forced out by Senator McCaskill, but the circumstances are evidence of rot in the USAF, too.

She refused to see an officer dishonorably discharged over a disputed accusation of sexual assault. There were two witnesses, a couple, who disputed the accuser’s account but, even so, an overzealous AG was going to dishonorably discharge an officer. She changed the decision to allow him to resign and it cost her her career.

WaPo of course sides with McCaskill.

Court records show that Helms — who is not a judge and did not observe the trial — ignored a recommendation from her legal adviser to uphold the jury’s conviction. The general intervened to grant clemency before an appellate court could hear the case.

From his description, it sounded to me like the problem developed during the Bush years when the military was having recruiting problems and then continued during the Obama years consequent to signals from above. No question BO and his minions wanted to use the military as a toy theatre for social engineering projects, and do not value the institution or its conventional ethos.