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Deep-Rooted Racism, Discrimination Permeate U.S. Military Written by KAT STAFFORD, JAMES LAPORTA, AARON MORRISON and HELEN WIEFFERING For Stephanie Davis, who grew up with little, the military was a path to the American dream, a realm where everyone would receive equal treatment. She joined the service in 1988 after finishing high school in Thomasville, Georgia, a small town said to be named for a soldier who fought in the War of 1812. Over the course of decades, she steadily advanced, becoming a flight surgeon, commander of flight medicine at Fairchild Air Force Base and, eventually, a lieu...

Deep-Rooted Racism, Discrimination Still Permeate US Military The military’s judicial system has no explicit category for hate crimes, making it difficult to quantify crimes motivated by prejudice. Kat Stafford, James LaPorta, Aaron Morrison and Helen Wieffering via AP Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Stephanie Davis holds a U.S. flag in the cargo area of a KC-135 airplane while flying over Pakistan/Afghanistan. For Davis, who grew up poor, the military was a path to the American dream, a realm where everyone would receive equal treatment. But many of her service colleagues, Davis says, saw her ...

When the fellowship they yearned for turned to bickering, doubts arose and faith crises ensued. (Illustration by Christopher Cherrington | The Salt Lake Tribune) By Karcin Harris | Special to The Tribune   | May 2, 2021, 12:01 p.m. It was six months into the COVID-19 pandemic when things became most frightening for John Davis. His grandmother, who was 82 years old, had tested positive for the virus. Her symptoms were mild, at first, but she couldn’t go back to her nursing home and had to stay at a COVID care center in Salt Lake County. Davis, who lives in Spanish Fork, was relieved w...

It’s early August 2018, and Green Bay’s month-long search for talent has ended. Coach Linc Darner’s staff files into a meeting room to begin sifting intelligence gathered from watching games in side gyms. By the time they finish, prospects populating the program’s recruiting board will be sorted and prioritized. As their deliberations unfold, one name slowly gathered momentum: Amari Davis. The 6-foot-3 combo guard’s lean 175-pound frame never cut an imposing figure in the layup line. And over that summer, the native of Trotwood, Ohio, a suburb just to the west of Dayton, hadn’t c...

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