Judge Halts Sexist Army Policy on Promotion

	posted by Nightmist on Tuesday March 05, @05:33PM from the inequality dept.
	This article in the Washington Post reports that a federal judge has struck down the U.S. Army's equal opportunity policy, which appears to have promoted women and minorities at the expense of white male officers. The Army's written direction to promotion boards that urges them to consider the "past personal or institutional discrimination" faced by women and minorities is unconstitutional because the policy does not order the board also to consider possible discrimination against white men, the judge found. This sounds like an important victory for Lt. Col. Raymond Saunders, who has fought this battle for the past three years.

	Source: Washington Post [newspaper] Title: Judge Halts An Army Policy on Promotion Author: Neely Tucker Date: March 5, 2002

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Honour among Warriors (Score:1) by johnpowers on Wednesday March 06, @12:52AM EST (#1) (User #695 Info) Yep. Not the least bit surprised about the US Army being Non-Discriminatory. They're a good group of soldiers. Respectable. They respect their people, as well. If you can do your job, that is. That's where promotion should come from. Competence and skill, not race or gender. A Soldier First- A Man, Woman, Black or White second. Kudos, USA. From, Canada with Love. Women aren't better than men. Men aren't better than women. We're just different. Deal.

Re:Honour among Warriors (Score:0) by Anonymous User on Wednesday March 06, @04:37AM EST (#2) Lt. Col. Raymond Saunders is a hero to me now...

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