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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nWe all know how Chuck Hagel takes on the really tough issues – like the drone wars medal, how he put the kibosh on that as soon as he got into office. Next up is hairstyles in the Army, says Stars & Stripes;<\/p>\n
Following an outcry by members of the Congressional Black Caucus, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel is considering changing hairstyle regulations that affect female African-American servicemembers.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, Hagel sent a letter to lawmakers announcing that, within 30 days, each of the services will review the definitions of authorized and prohibited hairstyles contained in each of their respective policies and revise any language that might be considered offensive.<\/p>\n
Caucus members had complained that a recently updated Army regulation governing troops\u2019 hairstyles was racist and unfairly targeted African-American women.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The easier issues, like winning the war against terror, the childish-acting flag officers, the suicide rate among reservists and National Guard soldiers, the Russian invasion of the Crimea…those problems will all solve themselves eventually. But we need needles down on this hair standard thing. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe use of words like \u2018unkempt\u2019 and \u2018matted\u2019 when referring to traditional hairstyles worn by women of color are offensive and biased”…all 16 female members of the Congressional Black Caucus wrote in a letter to Hagel<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Funny, my hair is unkempt most days and no one ever mistook me for a “woman of color”. We probably need 8-hour orientation classes for everyone, that would be my solution, complete with PowerPoint presentations. Anything we can do to keep Congress from doing their actual jobs is helpful. Right up there with keeping generals’ minds off of fighting those war thingies we have boiling up…um…somewhere or other.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"