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https://news.usni.org/2020/06/07/naval-academy-alumni-board-of-trustee-member-resigns-after-facebook-ouburstNaval Academy Alumni Board Of Trustees Member Resigns After Facebook Outburst
By: Ben Werner
June 7, 2020 8:07 AM Updated: June 7, 2020 1:48 PM
A member of the U.S. Naval Academys influential alumni associations board of trustees and treasurer of his local alumni chapter was asked to resign Saturday after posting a live conversation to Facebook disparaging the academys admission of African Americans, Asian Americans and women.
Retired Capt. Scott Bethmann, USNA class of 1980, may not have realized his comments posted to Facebook Live. In the conversation with his wife, reviewed by USNI News, Bethmann used racial slurs against African Americans and made negative comments regarding the Naval Academys admission of African Americans, Asian Americans and women.
Current and former naval officers quickly noticed the comments. Some, apparently commented to his Facebook page while he was still recording, according to his comments.
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Demovictory9
(32,457 posts)ns. clapping when appropriate. smiles plastered on their faces.. maybe shaking the hands of POC and women graduating officers... while thinking
"black bitch!". "f***Ng asians" "women ruining things...".
Skittles
(153,169 posts)this stupid racist thinks he is SUPERIOR to others
MagickMuffin
(15,943 posts)that's about it
Response to nitpicker (Original post)
dalton99a This message was self-deleted by its author.
SQUEE
(1,315 posts)Not a Navy Captain...
RockRaven
(14,974 posts)said it while being recorded...
Good riddance.
onetexan
(13,043 posts)In the least this one was caught and forced to resign. Good riddance is correct.
Leghorn21
(13,524 posts) ya sure fucked THAT up
Now youre just a sad old scumbucket
Bye now
dalton99a
(81,516 posts)In the recording, Bethmann's wife, Nancy, refers to the black community. The couple talks about women and minority groups who serve in the military.
F****** Asians from China who love to steal all of our intellectual property, shes heard saying in the video.
The video appears to end when Bethmann begins reading comments on his phone.
https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2020/06/06/jacksonville-area-naval-academy-alumni-member-resigns-apologizes-after-racial-comments-aired-on-facebook-live/
onetexan
(13,043 posts)discharge and his military retirement benefits taken away. Disgraceful!!
Journeyman
(15,036 posts)Don't ever put something on paper you wouldn't want to see in print.
She cautioned this to protect me from youthful exuberance and immature outbursts, and it's served me well ever since. She didn't expect me to be cruel, or nasty, but she knew children often blurt things a more mature mind would suppress.
Guess that lesson was never taught in the Bethmann home. Too busy teaching bigotry and foolishness would be my guess.
Cerridwen
(13,258 posts)The Tailhook scandal was a series of incidents where more than 100 United States Navy and U.S. Marine Corps aviation officers were alleged to have sexually assaulted 83 women and seven men, or otherwise engaged in "improper and indecent" conduct at the Las Vegas Hilton in Las Vegas, Nevada.[1]
The events took place at the 35th Annual Tailhook Association Symposium from September 5 to 8, 1991. A report conducted by the U.S. Department of Defense's Inspector General disclosed misogynistic photos including T-shirts worn by officers saying that "WOMEN ARE PROPERTY".[2] Sexual assault reports that were highlighted included women in the hallway trying to get to their rooms on the 3rd floor but forced to walk the "gauntlet", in which hordes of drunken naval officers would line both sides of a hallway and sexually assault women who walked by them. The aftermath resulted in sweeping changes throughout all military services in the Department of Defense regarding attitudes and policies toward women. The scandal ended the careers of Secretary of the Navy Henry Garrett and Chief of Naval Operations Frank Kelso, both of whom attended the convention.
The investigations led to some officers being disciplined or refused advancement in rank. Military officers and observers have alleged that flag officers attending the symposium were not held accountable for knowingly allowing the behavior in question to occur. Military critics claimed that the scandal highlighted a hostile attitude in U.S. military culture towards women in the areas of sexual harassment, sexual assault and equal treatment of women in career advancement and opportunity.
The investigation also resulted in recommendations made by the ad hoc committee chaired by Barbara S. Pope. Following this report, in April 1993, Secretary of Defense Les Aspin announced a revised policy on the assignment of women in the armed forces: The services were to allow women to compete for assignments in combat aircraft; the Navy was to open additional ships to women and draft a proposal for Congress to remove existing legislative barriers to the assignment of women to combat vessels. The Army and Marine Corps were to look for opportunities for women to serve in such components as field artillery and air defense. On July 4, 1993, President Bill Clinton announced the nomination of Sheila E. Widnall to become the first female service secretary.
...more at link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tailhook_scandal
pamela
(3,469 posts)A friend of mine was one of those four first female cadets. A lot of the males in that class made things pretty tough on those women.
Beakybird
(3,333 posts)onetexan
(13,043 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,829 posts)Open mike night. OOPS!
keithbvadu2
(36,829 posts)"There is never a time when it is appropriate to use derogatory terms when speaking about our fellow man."