{"id":1953237,"date":"2023-06-21T15:51:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T19:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-missing-sub-boss-brags-about-not-hiring-experienced-white-guys-with-military-backgrounds\/"},"modified":"2023-06-21T15:51:36","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T19:51:36","slug":"watch-missing-sub-boss-brags-about-not-hiring-experienced-white-guys-with-military-backgrounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-missing-sub-boss-brags-about-not-hiring-experienced-white-guys-with-military-backgrounds\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Missing Submarine Leader Boasts of Avoiding Experienced &#8216;White Guys&#8217; with Military Backgrounds"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-missing-sub-boss-brags-about-not-hiring-experienced-white-guys-with-military-backgrounds%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1953237&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<h2>&#8216;I wanted our team to be younger, to be inspirational&#8217;<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>What happened<\/strong>: Stockton Rush, CEO of OceanGate Expeditions, the company responsible for the submarine that went missing in the North Atlantic on Sunday while exploring the <em>Titanic<\/em> wreckage, bragged about not hiring experienced submarine operators who were &#8220;50-year-old white guys&#8221; with military backgrounds.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;I wanted our team to be younger, to be inspirational,&#8221; Rush said during a newly resurfaced <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/darrengrimes_\/status\/1671442125827850240\">interview<\/a> with Teledyne Marine, adding that submarine expertise was particularly necessary for the job. &#8220;We can train someone to pilot the sub,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We use a [video-game] controller.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Context<\/strong>: Stockton Rush is a 61-year-old white guy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Full quote<\/strong>: &#8220;When I started the business one of the things you&#8217;ll find is there are other sub operators out there, but they typically have gentlemen who are ex-military submariners and you&#8217;ll see a whole bunch of 50-year-old white guys. I wanted our team to be younger, to be inspirational, and [an old white guy is] not going to inspire a 16-year-old to go pursue marine technology.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I aimed for a youthful and motivating team. However, Stockton Rush, CEO of OceanGate Expeditions, proudly admitted to not hiring skilled submarine operators who were &#8220;50-year-old white guys&#8221; with military experience. 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