{"id":2399399,"date":"2025-02-05T17:23:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T22:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/west-point-shuts-down-clubs-centered-on-race-and-gender-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-05T17:25:14","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T22:25:14","slug":"west-point-shuts-down-clubs-centered-on-race-and-gender-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/west-point-shuts-down-clubs-centered-on-race-and-gender-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"West Point shuts down clubs centered on race and gender &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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%2Fwest-point-shuts-down-clubs-centered-on-race-and-gender-washington-examiner%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=2399399&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--><p>West Point,the U.S. Military Academy, has disbanded a number of clubs focused on\u200c race, ethnicity, and \u2063gender as part \u200bof a review aligned\u2063 with\u2064 new policies from the Department of Defense and directives \u2063from the current governance. The clubs that were shut \u200bdown include various cultural organizations such as the Latin Cultural Club, National Society of black engineers\u200d Club, and the Society \u200dof Women Engineers Club, among others. <\/p>\n<p>Chad Foster, the deputy commandant, issued a \u2063memorandum stating that \u200bthese organizations were being disbanded to \u2064comply with an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-to-vote-on-resolutions-to-lift-terrorism-related-sanctions\/\" title=\"House to vote on lifting terrorism-related sanctions.\">executive\u2064 order<\/a> by President Donald Trump which seeks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-hhs-secretary-struggles-to-define-term-birthing-people\/\" title=\"WATCH: HHS Secretary Struggles To Define Term \u2018Birthing People\u2019\">eliminate race-based<\/a> \u200cand sex-based\u200d preferences within the military. The executive order criticizes diversity, \u200cequity, and inclusion programs as detrimental to military\u200b effectiveness. \u2062 <\/p>\n<p>While West Point&#8217;s acceptance into the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">academy\u2062 remains highly competitive<\/a>, with \u200dthousands \u2062of applicants vying for a limited number of spots, the recent changes reflect broader shifts in military policy\u200d under the current administration.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">West Point shuts down clubs centered on race and gender<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1976118\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/west-point\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Military Academy<\/a> is shutting down a dozen clubs centered on cadets&rsquo;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/race-and-diversity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">race, ethnicity, and gender<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;In accordance with recent guidance, the U.S. Military Academy is reviewing programs and activities affiliated with our former office of Diversity and Inclusion,&rdquo; the West Point communications office said in a statement to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;The clubs disbanded yesterday were sponsored by that office. More than one hundred clubs remain at the U.S. Military Academy, and our leadership will continue to provide opportunities for cadets to pursue their academic, military, and physical fitness interests while following Army policy, directives, and guidance.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The clubs disbanded include the Latin Cultural Club, National Society of Black Engineers Club, Society of Women Engineers Club, Asian-Pacific Forum Club, Contemporary Cultural Affairs Seminar Club, Corbin Forum, Japanese Forum Club, Korean-American Relations Seminar, Native American Heritage Forum, Society for Hispanic Professional Engineers, Spectrum, and the Vietnamese-American Cadet Association.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Chad Foster, deputy commandant at West Point, signed a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DanLamothe\/status\/1886980197607485930?s=19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">memorandum<\/a> on Tuesday ordering these diversity-based student organizations to be disbanded in alignment with President Donald Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-outline-their-stance-on-climate-change-and-clean-energy\/\" title=\"House Republicans Outline Their Stance on Climate Change and Clean Energy\">recent executive orders<\/a> and Department of Defense and Department of Army guidance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Effectively immediately, all Directorate of Cadet Activities (DCA) sanctioned clubs listed below are hereby disbanded,&rdquo; Foster wrote. &ldquo;This directive cancels all trip sections, meetings, events, and other activities associated with these clubs. Moreover, these clubs are not authorized to continue informal activities using Government time, resources, or facilities.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/01\/restoring-americas-fighting-force\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">executive order<\/a> titled &ldquo;Restoring America&rsquo;s Fighting Force&rdquo; calls to eliminate all race-based and sex-based preferences in the military and the DOD.<\/p>\n<p>The executive order, signed Jan. 27, stated that diversity, equity, and inclusion programs within the armed forces have undermined &ldquo;leadership, merit, and unit cohesion, thereby eroding lethality and force readiness.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth followed the order with a Jan. 29 <a href=\"https:\/\/media.defense.gov\/2025\/Jan\/29\/2003634987\/-1\/-1\/1\/RESTORING-AMERICAS-FIGHTING-FORCE.PDF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">memo<\/a> that said DEI policies &ldquo;are incompatible with the values&rdquo; of the DOD, and on Jan. 31, Hegseth instructed the DOD to end acknowledgment and celebration of &ldquo;identity months&rdquo; such as Black History Month and Pride Month.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong><\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Acceptance into West Point is highly prestigious and competitive. The service academy selected 1,230 U.S. citizens and 16 international students out of 12,300 applicants for its class of 2028.<\/p>\n<p>While the Supreme Court ruled that affirmative action is no longer allowed, it rejected a challenge to West Point&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/student-group-presses-supreme-court-to-fast-track-unc-affirmative-action-case\/\" title=\"Student Group Presses Supreme Court To Fast-Track UNC Affirmative Action Case\">race-conscious admissions policies<\/a> by Students for Fair Admissions last year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1976118\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1976118\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West Point disbands clubs focused on race and gender<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2542,"featured_media":2399400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24074560218684-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[22495,4685,37868,5069,46608],"class_list":["post-2399399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-clubs","tag-gender","tag-policy-changes","tag-race","tag-west-point"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24074560218684-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2399399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2399399"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2399399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2399403,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2399399\/revisions\/2399403"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2399400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2399399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2399399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2399399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}