The US Army has been rolling out various initiatives to make its ranks more inclusive to women and people of color. But, according to Fusion, it’s not nearly enough to make up for all the horrible things the military does.
In a new video from Fusion, which is owned by Univision, the media company satirizes the Army’s diversity efforts and condemns the military for just turning everyone into a “killing machine.”
“We don’t want to leave anyone out. Whether you’re a Muslim, trans, bi, female, we will turn you into an instrument of death that will effectively defend the interests of the U.S. elite,” the video says.
Military policy now allows for Sikh men to seek religious exemptions for turbans and beards, and hijabs for Muslim women. A new provision for black women allows them to wear their hair in long, twisted dreadlocks. Some women soldiers are cheering on the new regulations, the Army Times reports.
Black women were previously forced to spend extensive time and money to straighten their hair to fit previous regulations, which prohibited them from maintaining natural hair.
But the Fusion video makes light of the Army’s accommodations for its diverse ranks, calling it a “Woke Army.”
“If we’re gonna be a global imperialist killing machine, we’re gonna be a woke one,” one of the presenters says.
Another goes on to draw up a fake statistic about the Army’s ethnic makeup, saying “the people killed by the bombs we drop are 99% brown.” The video says that this is unacceptable, so the Army wants more Muslims to become drone pilots. It also says that the Army wants to paint fighter jets pink to raise awareness of breast cancer for the women in Yemen they drop bombs on.
North Korea should watch the video for tips on how to develop anti-American propaganda.
Ian Miles Cheong is a journalist and outspoken media critic. You can reach him through social media at @stillgray on Twitter and on Facebook.
