Pete Hegseth Torched for “F**king Racist” Move on Recruitment (The New Republic)

“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s decision to withdraw Army recruiters from the nation’s top Black engineering event has ushered blunt criticism from military leadership.

‘It’s fucking racist,’ one active duty Army general told Military.com on the condition of anonymity. ‘For the Army now, it’s “Blacks need not apply” and it breaks my heart.’

The Baltimore-based Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) has historically been a key event for the Pentagon to recruit high-caliber STEM talent. One Army recruiter told the servicemember news outlet that BEYA is one of the ‘most talent-dense events we do,’ and that the branch ‘need[s] the talent.’ BEYA, in turn, recognizes on its website that the ‘U.S. military is one of the largest STEM employers in the nation.'”

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