Navy Learning From Past Attempts to Eliminate Bias in the Fleet
By: Sam LaGrone
September 23, 2020 7:11 PM
In 1972, then-Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Elmo Zumwalt made a public declaration on the need to fight racism in the Navy.
Two years after the service instituted a wide range of reforms to tackle discrimination, the Navy was still facing major problems. In 1972, racial violence broke out on three ships in a matter of months, prompting Zumwalt to issue a public rebuke to senior leadership to take the reforms seriously.
“I am speaking to you. Through you, to the Navy’s entire command structure to emphasize again that this issue of discrimination must be faced openly and fully,†Zumwalt said to senior leaders.
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