Exclusive-For years, the Pentagon sits on racial discrimination survey data Reuters 18/12/2020
By Phil Stewart
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Army Sergeant Major Das Chara Champ couldn t have known that the answer to her question about racial discrimination survey data was sitting in an office somewhere in the vast Defense Department bureaucracy.
Few people do. Has there been any kind of survey done on the perceived level of racism or racial discrimination in the Army, Champ, who is Black, asked in a video played at a Pentagon town hall on Sept. 24. https://www.defense.gov/Explore/News/Article/Article/2356477/top-dod-officials-hold-virtual-town-hall-meeting
On the other end of the question were some of the most senior leaders in the U.S. military: Then-Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, Army General Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Milley s senior enlisted advisor, Ramon Colon-Lopez.
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For years, the Pentagon sits on racial discrimination survey data
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Last Updated: Dec 18, 2020, 05:50 PM IST
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However, the Defense Department denied repeated requests from Reuters to release the 2017 survey data, including through a Freedom of Information Act request. It has also not released a separate report about the 2017 survey data or clearly explained why the data has been withheld for so long.
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WASHINGTON: Army Sergeant Major Das Chara Champ couldn t have known that the answer to her question about racial discrimination survey data was sitting in an office somewhere in the vast Defense Department bureaucracy.