In this May 7, 2019 photo, black female cadets with the Class of 2019 pose at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y. The 34 women comprise a small slice of the roughly 1,000 cadets in the class. The cadets say they're proud to be part of a milestone at the historic academy after four years of testing their limits.
“I just showed myself and those who thought I couldn’t do it initially that yes, I can,” said senior cadet Stephanie Riley, of Jacksonville, Florida. “And not just, ‘yes, I can.’ I can show other little girls that yes, you can come to West Point. Yes, you can do something that maybe the rest of your peers aren’t actually doing. And yes, you can be different from the rest of the group.”
“I feel like in some ways that I do have to prove myself a little bit more, prove that I belong here. And even a classmate told me, I think our freshman year, that I only got in because I was a black female,” said Young, one of the few in her class chosen for medical school. In another milestone, Lt. Gen. Darryl A. Williams became the first black superintendent at West Point last summer. In 2017, Simone Askew was the first black woman to become first captain of the Corps of Cadets, the highest student position at academy.
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Cadet Michael Howard: first attempt by a black person to attend West Point 1870. WestPoint
Who run the world...?!
don’t show Trump, he’ll shut down West Point
Congratulations. Great photo
Many congrats to all graduates
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Why is this a story?
Well done, ladies!
The only color in the military is the color of their uniform.
Congrats to these hard working and persistant ladies. So I guess if the white female cadets got together for a whites only picture that would be all right
Is the rotor congratulations to all of you. You bring pride to the country.
Looks like they ended recess at West Point too, what a shame. bringbackphysed
We really don't care if they are black, white, male or female. We want the best of the best.
Proud to know this
Good for you, Ladies.
If they were true Patriots they would be out there protesting this military industrial complex not signing up to go and kill people for this oil company
Hey this is pretty impressive for a so called misogynistic racist president is it not(?)
Identity politics will be the end of you
They should shape-up. They are so obese.
These individuals are going to be leading 'platoons' as 2LT's after graduation..... I really hope that the bigger issue of 'qualifications' came first before the reason of diversity. As the enlisted men and women who are following the orders usually pay the high prize.
Rad
I would say congrats but you know.....the military-industrial complex.
Tossing caps? They'll have someone's eye out, you watch.
BillWeirCNN Congrats cadets!!
Turn up!
army black knights
BillWeirCNN Congrats Ladies!
Surely they didn’t compromise recruiting standards to achieve this fine virtue signal
Do they not teach them how to hold a sword?
Swords With Friends
Proud to be cannon fodder .. or worse .. a useful tool for the warmongers on their murderous path?
Congratulations to these fine cadets! Make your country proud, ladies.
good now that I have your attention I wold like to remind you all of the purpose we carry today
thanksobama
Diversify these n%!
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