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The importance of representation, identity and diversity, particularly within the Navy family, were the focus of a national virtual Black History Month event Feb. 25.
“This month is not just about black history. Black history is our history. This is American history,” said keynote speaker Rear Adm. Stephen Barnett, commander, Navy Region Northwest.
Barnett is one of the just 8% of black Navy officers, a fact that isn’t lost on him.
“The black men and black women who came before me paved the way,” he reflected. “Just one generation before me, it was nearly unthinkable for a black person to become a naval aviator. I wouldn’t be here today with a star on and my actual wings on if it wasn’t for a bunch of aviation giants that went before me.”
Remember when Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick went on Fox News last March and suggested older Americans should sacrifice themselves for the economy during the pandemic? Let s get back to living, he said. Let s be smart about it. And those of us who are seventy-plus, we ll take care of ourselves, but don t sacrifice the country.
The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the number of intergenerational family households in the U.S. |
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His comments sparked an immediate backlash. But remarks like those have also given momentum to a perspective embraced by a disturbing number of scholars and members of the media commentariat: Segregate those over 60 or 65, since they re at greatest risk of dying from the coronavirus, and let the younger generations go about their business.
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