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September 02, 2004

Captain Blackman

Ever since I read Captain Blackman by John A. Williams back in the 80s, I knew not to take any guff about African Americans not being patriotic. In fact, while I was in college, I had to work hard at keeping my own dream alive in order not to be seduced by the real leadership opportunities of the armed forces. Back then, my promised land was Corporate America. I know better now, but that doesn't change the fact that the military is a great opportunity for millions of Americans.

Now, check out this military acadamy in St. Paul. I have a feeling something incredible is under way. I wonder what history we don't know about blacks coming to serve as officers from our traditional universities. It would be interesting research.

I hope that the Charles Young is successful. I have every reason to think it will be. There's a big discussion of this over at Joanne Jacobs' blog.

Posted by mbowen at September 2, 2004 12:11 PM

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Pretty surprised this hasn't happened before. Definitely a worthy experiment (i'm bettin it's fruitful).

Pretty sure that superdestroyer person is a troll.

Posted by: memer at September 2, 2004 01:19 PM

a persistent troll whom I think i understand.

Posted by: cobb at September 2, 2004 01:20 PM

Thanks for pointing this out. It's definitely a shoestring operation--they're new, and they don't have deep pockets, from what I pull up--but there's a good chance something really good is going on here.

I find it interesting that their Board of Reference contains several 1SGTs but no officers or Navy guys. Perhaps they can join on board later.

Also, I hope they're getting into the JROTC program, which is a great way to learn and find out a little about the military.

One final note--Virginia Military Institute and their ilk have one hell of a powerful old boy network. If this succeeds, then imagine the network in that town twenty years from now! (Even more importantly, imagine the self-sufficiency of those kids!)

Posted by: Chap at September 4, 2004 10:16 PM