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The commandant of the Marine Corps said, apparently, that minority officers couldn’t swim or do navigational problems as well as Caucasians. For this, he was called upon to apologize.
Isn’t the logical progression of inquiry to ask first upon what probative evidence he made the statement? Suppose tests as to navigational problems were given to all officers, Caucasian and minority. Suppose the minority officers scored as well as the Caucasians. Then the general’s statement would not have been based on fact. Then an apology would clearly be in order.
But assume the tests did show lower scores for the minority officers. Should the general not be allowed to state a simple truth?
