Clint Smith
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first heard Jun 2026
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And they are operating in a context in which a sort of
Rhetoric and policies that are from a different era that are from, frankly, a Jim Crow era are being sort of reinstituted and concretized within the federal government and within the military.
And so they are experiencing a sense of disillusionment.
They're experiencing a sense of distress.
They're experiencing a feeling of wanting to escape, of wanting to extract themselves from this.
And many of them have.
I mean, what's true is that so many people have retired early.
So many people have retired earlier than they otherwise would have.
So many people who would have otherwise considered a career in the military are now deciding not to go into the military and to go into other sectors of society.
And so there's folks who are leaving.
And then on the other end, there are folks who
who believe that they have a responsibility to stay.
And there are folks who believe, you know, my ancestors, whether it be the American Revolution, the Civil War, World War I, World War II, Vietnam, they are people who experienced much worse than us.
And they were people who fought while, you know, fleeing from slavery.
They're people who fought while in a segregated army.
They're people who fought
when their family members were being lynched.
And so there's this sense that my ancestors fought in much more difficult conditions, and I have a responsibility to stay because the people in this administration will be gone, and this institution, this military, will still be here, and we want to be the ones to protect the gains that have been made.
You know, I can't get into the head of Pete Hegseth, obviously, but— I would not recommend it.
But I think, to your point, I think that the military has been one of the, if not the single greatest, other than the federal government itself, catalysts of economic and social mobility for Black Americans in this country over the course of the past century plus.
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