I was in a meeting with a bunch of senior leaders ...

2010-01-23T03:42:44.214+02:00

I was in a meeting with a bunch of senior leaders today and the topic of diversity came up and I couldn't help thinking about your commentary on Avatar and the "white savior".
There is obvious concern in the military about our officer corps not reflecting the population we serve. It's very evident in a small service like mine and obviously concerning and perplexing to our senior leaders. I couldn't help thinking how our lack of diversity and our search and rescue and humanitarian missions really do make us look like "white saviors". Especially with our mission in Haiti (which my service has been involved in for decades with migrant ops).
Maybe things like popular movies are a way to get people talking about these things and allow skeptics to see things differently. Maybe we should be showing movies like Avatar at units and leadership schools to generate discussions on diversity and see our unconscious prejudices and paradigms.
Thanks for the honest commentary. It definitely got me thinking.
The only thing I was thinking about after seeing it was that I really want to fly one of those helicopters! so cool.

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I was in a meeting with a bunch of senior leaders ...