Is The Concept Of 'White Privilege' Being Taught In A U.S. Army Training Lesson?

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USA Today: Army says diversity training sent wrong signal

WASHINGTON — Army officials are investigating a diversity training briefing at Fort Gordon, Ga., in which a slide about "white privilege" was inappropriately shown to soldiers, according to an Army spokeswoman

The Equal Opportunity briefing took place Thursday for about 400 soldiers of the 67th Signal Battalion, Capt. Lindsay Roman, an Army spokeswoman, said Friday. The slide titled "The Luxury of Obliviousness" has bullet-point items about "white privilege."

One item reads, "Race privilege gives whites little reason to pay a lot of attention to African Americans or to how white privilege affects them. 'To be white in America means not having to think about it.' "

An image of the slide appeared later Thursday on a Facebook page and generated a torrent of negative comments about political correctness run amok.

The presentation was not authorized, nor was it part of the standard slides shown to soldiers, Roman said.

Update #1: ‘White privilege’ presentation during Army diversity training prompts investigation -- Washington Times
Update #2: Army Diversity Training Features Slide About ‘White Privilege’ -- Breitbart

WNU Editor: WTF ?!?!?!