{"id":14724,"date":"2016-05-20T11:11:03","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T16:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/frenchrevolution\/?p=14724"},"modified":"2016-05-20T11:11:03","modified_gmt":"2016-05-20T16:11:03","slug":"susan-rice-having-too-many-whites-on-the-national-security-team-puts-america-at-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/frenchrevolution\/2016\/05\/20\/susan-rice-having-too-many-whites-on-the-national-security-team-puts-america-at-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Susan Rice: having too many whites on the National Security team puts America at risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/481587130\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 66.666667% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/481587130?et=LhI1MNbUR5hSV7eNZlaJfg&amp;viewMoreLink=on&amp;sig=j81klVwu3vBQX2owBaw-9X-tHGpMF2x5YRkCwLMRrK0=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In a commencement address at Florida International University, National Security Advisor Susan Rice told graduates that the demographics in her department are too \u201cwhite, male, and Yale\u201d and is threatening the security of America.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s hard to take this woman seriously when she was the one ensuring the world that the Benghazi attacks were the result of a YouTube video.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s very concerning, what she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/the-press-office\/2016\/05\/11\/prepared-remarks-ambassador-susan-e-rice-florida-international\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">said<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cToo often, our national security workforce has been what former Florida Senator Bob Graham called \u2018white, male, and Yale.\u2019 In the halls of power, in the faces of our national security leaders, America is still not fully reflected\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not talking about a human resources issue. I\u2019m highlighting a national security imperative.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That is very provocative language and she has the full force of the Obama administration behind her, with the president signing executive orders that prioritize diversity and inclusion inside the federal government, instead of simply hiring the most qualified candidates. But according to Rice\u2019s speech, having an LGBT person in a foreign embassy will make an LGBT person in Bangladesh feel understood. See? Safety.<\/p>\n<p>And even though it\u2019s obvious that the Obama administration is wading in the waters of groupthink, Rice decried \u201cthe dangers of groupthink\u201d \u2014 presumably all those white males who all think the same:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cBy now, we should all know the dangers of \u2018groupthink,\u2019 where folks who are alike often think alike. By contrast, groups comprised of different people tend to question one another\u2019s assumptions, draw on divergent perspectives and experiences, and yield better outcomes.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Which voices outside of Obama\u2019s special group are they listening to?<\/p>\n<p>Rice is saying that America is at risk unless we are pursuing \u201cpluralism and tolerance\u201d first. She said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWithout tapping into America\u2019s full range of races, religions, ethnicities, language skills, and social and economic experiences, we\u2019re leading in a complex world with one hand tied behind our back.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Forgive me, but I\u2019ve always understood that the safety of our country starts with the men and women of our armed forces, not the suits sitting around a federal discussion table talking about skin color.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve always understood that the safety of our country starts with the men and women of our armed forces, not the suits sitting around a federal discussion table talking about skin 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