And it was the beginning of something that would change our country and change our military, too, because the way the military responded to that I out. I detail in the book as well, you know, Generals again and leaders who kowtow to the political moment, even though they know what they're peddling about their own service is not true. and namely that it's systemically racist. They knew it wasn't, but they had to make it look like they were going to do something about. (45:32–45:40)
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Asserts that military leaders conformed to political pressures despite knowing the falsehood of claims about systemic racism in the military.
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