Army investigates 'racial Thursday' slurs

[Judi Lynn]

Source: UPI

Army investigates 'racial Thursday' slurs
By Amy R. Connolly | March 19, 2015 at 2:22 PM


FAIRBANKS, Alaska, March 19 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army is investigating claims Fort Wainwright soldiers have free reign to use racial slurs every Thursday as a way to encourage camaraderie.

Dubbed "racial Thursday," soldiers in the 2nd Platoon, C Company, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment say they are allowed to use racial slurs and make racist comments with impunity, the Army Times reported. Two anonymous soldiers told the Army Times the event is a tradition and, although officially forbidden, it is ongoing.

U.S. Army Alaska spokesman Lt. Col. Alan Brown confirmed an investigation was launched into the allegation.

"The nature of those allegations are not at all commonplace about how soldiers behave and how they're treated up here," he said.


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[JustAnotherGen]

1. You know - DU isn't 'racial'

America is. And if America would stop with this good case of the stupids - we wouldn't have threads or ops like this.

That said - thanks for posting this.

I'm paying their salaries and they need to knock it off.

[1StrongBlackMan]

2. Yeah ...

Nothing encourage camaraderie more than being called a racially derogative term!

[Judi Lynn]

4. Someone should get promoted over this stroke of genius. Promoted to a deluxe straight jacket. n/t

[Liberal_in_LA]

6. plus 1

[tblue37]

3. Sounds like that movie _The Purge_. doesn't it? nt

[jmowreader]

5. Shit's fucking changed since I was in the Army

Twenty years ago, the division EO office would have fired the entire chain of command of 3-21 Infantry for even thinking of ignoring "racial Thursday."

[Oktober]

7. It depends... Could be much ado about nothing and a few dumbasses ruining it for everyone else...

As is, it sounds like a dumb 'tradition' carried on by a few 'old timers' in a very small group.

I would be more concerned if it was BN or BDE 'Racial Thursday'.. This sounds like a couple of idiots who think they are carrying on some grand thing that is better left in the trash.

I'm curious what they mean by 'officially forbidden'...

In short, it could be as full blown awful as the headline tries to make out but based on experience, I suspect not.

[Ken Burch]

8. "Racial Thursdays" sounds like the worst Olive Garden promotion ever.

Since their food is supposedly Italian, they could follow it up with "Fascist Fridays".

[Ken Burch]

9. Damn...I just now noticed this was in Alaska.

It's bad enough Don Young's been continually re-elected for forty-one years now...but THIS?