The Army is preparing to roll out a new policy that could lead to soldiers diagnosed with a chronic skin condition that causes painful razor bumps and scarring to be kicked out of the service -- an issue that disproportionately affects Black men.
Back in basic, almost every black person in my division got what was called a “shave chit” which was basically just a piece of paper saying “this recruit doesn’t have to shave every morning for medical reasons”
And having seen them try in the first week or so to shave with everyone else, yeah. Fuck shaving every day anyway, but why would you purposely force someone to essentially slice their face off little by little wherever hair grows???
Back in basic, almost every black person in my division got what was called a “shave chit” which was basically just a piece of paper saying “this recruit doesn’t have to shave every morning for medical reasons”
And having seen them try in the first week or so to shave with everyone else, yeah. Fuck shaving every day anyway, but why would you purposely force someone to essentially slice their face off little by little wherever hair grows???
Sadism and racism. I can think of no other reason.