West Point

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  9/10/2021
  

  Buffalo Soldiers Statue Unveiled at West Point

  The Buffalo Soldiers held a confounding position in the military, teaching cavalry skills to white cadets at West Point while housed in segregated barracks, and fighting white supremacy within the army while also taking part in the military campaign of conquest against Native Americans. 

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• SOURCE: Academe Blog
  10/26/2020
  

  Overcoming Setbacks in Academic Freedom at West Point

  by Chris Arney

  "The West Point faculty model and its policies have been evolving since Congress mandated the inclusion of more civilian faculty members in the 1990s. However, the clash of ideals and teaching methods between the academic and military cultures still exists, sometimes resulting in civilian-military discord and disagreement over values and process."

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• SOURCE: WAMC
  8/4/2020
  

  Gillibrand Urges Removal Of Confederate Symbols At West Point

  The symbols include a portrait of Robert E. Lee, several locations named after Lee and a road named after Sontewall Jackson.

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• 3/15/2020
  

  The Cost of Loyalty: A Crisis of Ethics in the Military

  by Timothy Bakken

  Military leadership has inculcated a self-serving culture of loyalty that prevents a long-overdue reckoning with its failures. 

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• SOURCE: The Chronicle of Higher Education
  10-17-17
  

  Sexism in the history department at West Point alleged

  by Peggy O’Donnell

  Peggy O’Donnell taught history at West Point for a year. She says the sexism was “glaring."

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• SOURCE: TomDispatch
  8-18-15
  

  Seventy Years of Military Mediocrity

  by William J. Astore

  The Shared Failings of America’s Military Academies and Senior Officers