Short, revealing Excerpt:
[Harvard Kennedy Center] On my journey, there have been many episodes, painful to remember. In my youth as a military child, in my time at West Point, and in my military career, even during my time as an Army general, I was personally impacted by explicit and implicit bias, as was my father, as were my grandfathers and their fathers. And I observed injustices perpetrated against others, as so many are now witnessing, again, reminding me of the continuing work of becoming "a more perfect union." This part of American culture, this inherent bias, must go away for good.
Disappointment, because a sacred trust has been breached. |