It's a time-honored tradition at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York -- graduating seniors in small groups don their ceremonial high-collared uniforms and pose for a photo in front of historic Nininger Hall.
Their poses are typically stern and stoic, mimicking sepia-toned editions that date back to the 1800s.
They do not typically raise a clenched fist in the air.
So when a photo of 16 female, African-American cadets making the gesture was posted online last month, it raised eyebrows at the elite training academy, which produces many of the nation's future military leaders.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/08/us/west-point-cadets-photo/
Or are they?
Remember this photo from the 1968 Olympics?
Both these athletes were shunned and punished following their protests. Perhaps these USMA cadets were not protesting as such, but the military does not tolerate belligerent dissidents in the ranks or in the officer corps. I would not be surprised if everyone in this picture were to be blackballed by the rest of the ring knockers from West Point.
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