Is it something you see as you engage with military leaders? Is it something that we're imposing from the outside? How serious a problem do you think this is? I mean, I do believe that There's a problem with [jamming in] a social set of norms outside of the meritocracy of what the military does. Remember, that's that integration versus assimilation. And the reason that we, right after World War II, were so successful at bringing black America into the military service in a way that wasn't disruptive is because of that assimilation. (25:18–25:30)
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Asserts that introducing social norms outside of military meritocracy is problematic.
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