(NAME-MCE) Correction: Re: Diversity Debate at Naval Academy

[Kearney Lykins]

Moderator:   Please disregard my previous post. The corrected post is below:





As a former Navy recruiter in Florida during 1986-89, I can attest to the fact that it is unofficial policy, but nevertheless the real policy of the US Navy to admit black applicants with lower Armed Forces Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) scores than non-black applicants. The lower standards are called Category Four (CAT IV) and during my three year experience, only black males were allowed to join the Navy in south Florida with ASVAB scores this low. The rationale for lowering the standards was to increase the overall number of black recruits; the pool of higher qualified black males was insufficient to meet the Navy's recruiting goals for the desired number of black candidates.  

Often times we would turn away potential white recruits who had CAT IV scores, because those CAT IV slots were reserved for black males. Of course, we did not tell our non-black applicants about our diverse recruiting practices. Rightly, we feared a lawsuit. 


Regards,

Kearney Lykins
 
 
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