Army racism apology to black ‘poster girl’ soldier

[Mr Kobayashi]

British Army racism apology to black ‘poster girl’ soldier

Ex-corporal was the face of military recruitment but would now tell women of colour not to join.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[The blue phantom]

Doesn't bear thinking about how her life must of been for all those years.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

The British Army do seem to have a bigger issue with racism than the other services.

Racism is abhorrent in any form, and this woman deserves all she gets in compensation.

 

[bluemoon32]

A good & decent man, my best friend of over 50 years was ruined by the British Army & their racism.
Took him many years to put the hurt & anger behind him, bloody awful it's still happening.

 

[Magicpole]

I watched her on the news talking about it. Heartbreaking. It’s impossible for me to get into the heads of people who would try to destroy a young woman, serving her country, just because she is black.

The Army disgracing itself, by trying to bury it, sums the top brass up. Shameful.

From recruitment poster girl, to her telling other young black women to never even consider joining up.

Great work.

Surely a promotion for all concerned?

 

[Scottyboi]

Disgraceful, the problem with institutions is the closing of ranks when appalling conduct is reported. Just allows it to continue instead of dealing with the issue. She was an easy target for the 'banter' of the army which is just a word and a way of hiding what they really are which is racist bullies.

Deserves any compensation she receives, hopefully she can move on and live a happy life!

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

 

[threespires]

I watched her on the news talking about it. Heartbreaking. It’s impossible for me to get into the heads of people who would try to destroy a young woman, serving her country, just because she is black.

The Army disgracing itself, by trying to bury it, sums the top brass up. Shameful.

From recruitment poster girl, to her telling other young black women to never even consider joining up.

Great work.

Surely a promotion for all concerned?

It was really upsetting and depressing to watch that, felt like we are just going backwards. She came across as having way more brains and guts than the twats who hounded her out. Level up or level down? Seems like the army still has a long way to go.

 

[bluethrunthru]

Disgraceful, the problem with institutions is the closing of ranks when appalling conduct is reported. Just allows it to continue instead of dealing with the issue. She was an easy target for the 'banter' of the army which is just a word and a way of hiding what they really are which is racist bullies.

Deserves any compensation she receives, hopefully she can move on and live a happy life!

Like the Post Office - more concerned about reputational damage to the institution than fixing anything - complaint? Close ranks and deny deny deny. It always comes out in the end and the institution suffers even more anyway

 

[mancboy]

Disgraceful, the problem with institutions is the closing of ranks when appalling conduct is reported. Just allows it to continue instead of dealing with the issue. She was an easy target for the 'banter' of the army which is just a word and a way of hiding what they really are which is racist bullies.

Deserves any compensation she receives, hopefully she can move on and live a happy life!

This, banter is one of the worst words in the english language as it seems to have been coopted by people to give them the ability to be a right **** and suffer no consequences.