Human Relations Education: Human Relations Education Military Equal Opportunity Cpt Vicki Pfeifer Chief, Military Equal Opportunity


Perception Exercise: Perception Exercise


Slide4: Karla Faye Tucker Death Penalty


Slide5: Matters of life and death


Slide6: Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura Politics


Slide7: Church and State


Slide8: ''I was joking to the team that only men do it. Of course, I'm crazy enough I had to do it.'' Equality


Slide9: Anti-Nazi activists celebrate the cancellation of a scheduled march by white supremacists near Lafayette Park in Washington D.C. Freedom of Speech


Overview: Overview I Events leading to current AF Approach II Communication, Perception Listening, and Prejudice III Unlawful Discrimination, Sexual Harassment IV Filing Complaints


Overview: Overview V Reprisal VI Roles and Responsibilities Closure


Slide12: Events Leading to Current AF Approach


Slide14: History


Slide15: Segregated restaurants, water fountains, schools Brown Vs. Board of Education in 1954 Supreme court ruled segregation is unconstitutional


Slide16: Rosa Parks bus incident on Dec 1, 1955 led to bus boycott


Slide17: Civil Disturbances


Slide21: Japanese Internment Camps 1942-1946


Federal Government: Federal Government Civil Rights Act of 1964, Executive order 11478 Gave the Air Force the power to strike at discrimination Air Force became complacent thinking it was proactive A wave of civilian disturbances struck the U.S. to include: Los Angeles, Cleveland, Washington, Baltimore, Boston, and a dozen other cities due to minority frustrations after the promises of the Civil Rights Act.


Department of Defense Response : Department of Defense Response Human Goals Proclamation, DoDD 1100.15 (last revised May 1994) In all that we do, we must show respect for the serviceman, the servicewoman, the employee, and family members’, recognizing their individual needs, aspirations, and capabilities.


Air Force Response: Air Force Response Establishment of the Social Actions Program Est. in 1972 by a race relation’s task force for education purposes. Originated as a three year proposal.


Contemporary EO Events/Disturbances: Contemporary EO Events/Disturbances Civilian: Anita Hill/ Clarence Thomas, Rodney King, O.J. Simpson Trial Verdict, and Jaspar, Texas, Timothy Thomas Military: Tailhook, Desert Shield/Storm - Women in Combat, Fort Bragg, NC, Aberdeen


Slide26: Police guide children from the Jewish community center in Granada Hills on Aug. 10 after a gunman opened fire on children and staff members. The next day, suspect Buford O. Furrow Jr., left, surrendered to the FBI.


Slide27: Swastikas found at Columbine LITTLETON, Colo., Aug. 16 — Newly scrawled swastikas found in some bathrooms marred students’ return to Columbine High School on Monday, the first day of classes since April 20, when two students unleashed a deadly rampage at the school on the anniversary of Hitler’s birthday.


Slide28: Murder behind the wheel June 11 -- James Byrd Jr. was chained to the back of this pickup and dragged to his death outside Jasper, Texas. Two white men, John King and Lawrence Brewer, were charged in the murder of Byrd, a black man. Right, the Rev. Walter Snyder holds his daughter, Laura, and her friend Kaylah Beard at a prayer vigil for Byrd.


Slide30: Quick. Imagine an American. Is your American white? Come the middle of the next century, according to the best estimates, most Americans won’t be. MSNBC


Demographics: Demographics U.S. population will increase by 50 percent between 1995 and the year 2050 Today, 74 percent of the U.S. population is non-Hispanic white. By 2050, only 53 percent of the U.S. population will be non-Hispanic whites Hispanics population increase from 12.5% to 24.5% Black population increase from 12.3% to 13.6% Asian population increase from 3.6% to 8.2%


Language other than English: Language other than English Members are authorized to speak other languages in the workplace as long as language does not interfere with normal duty operations, i.e., safety issue or “business necessity.” To arbitrarily deny a member the right to speak another language in the workplace is a form of unlawful discrimination based on national origin.


Slide33: Feb 3, 1988 DoD 1300.17 “Accommodation of Religious Practice Within the Military Service” Recognized that “a basic principle of our nation is free exercise of religion,” and that the “DoD places a high value on the rights of Service members of the Armed Forces to observe the tenets of their respective religions.”


HATE Groups: HATE Groups


Hate Group: Hate Group A group that supports supremacist causes or attempts to create unlawful discrimination, based on race, color, sex, national origin, or religion; advocates the use of force/violence or otherwise engages in the effort to deprive an individual(s) of their Civil Rights.


Slide36: DoD policy prohibits service members from actively participating in extremist group activity.


IAW AFI 51-903: Commanders must preserve the service member’s right of expression, to the maximum extent possible, consistent with good order, discipline, and national security, however… -No active participation…Ex: recruiting, rallies, leafleting, leading, etc -Mere membership must be considered in evaluating or assigning members IAW AFI 51-903


HATE GROUPS IN ILLINOIS: HATE GROUPS IN ILLINOIS European American Unity & Rights Organization - Joliet Neo Nazi- E. Peoria, Joliet, Park Ridge, Pontiac, Bloomington, Creve Coeur, Deerfield, Downers Grove KLAN Litchfield, Prospect Heights **Nation of Islam **New Black Panther Party Chicago Jewish Defense League Skokie


Department of Defense Policy: Department of Defense Policy IAW DoD 1350.2: Promote an environment free from personal, social, or institutional barriers that prevent service members form rising to the highest level of responsibility possible. Members shall be evaluated only by individual merit, fitness, and capability.


Air Force Policy (military): Air Force Policy (military) IAW AFPD 36-27: the Air Force will conduce its affairs free from unlawful discrimination and sexual harassment. It provides equal opportunity and treatment for all members irrespective of color, national origin, race, religion, or sex, except as prescribed by statute or policy.


Air Force Policy (civilian): Air Force Policy (civilian) IAW AFR 40-713: the Air Force recognizes and supports the principles of the Equal Employment Program. Air Force managers and supervisors are responsible for effecting these principles through personnel management decisions and for making EEO considerations an integral part of the management process.


Core Values Relate to Organizational Climate: Core Values Relate to Organizational Climate Core Values tell us the price of admission to the Air Force itself, they point to what is universal and unchanging in the professional arms, and help us get a fix on the ethical climate of the organization


Slide46: Communication Listening, Perceptions, and Prejudice


Communication: Communication Definition - The transmission of information, ideas, attitudes or emotions from one person to another, by conveying those ideas through written or spoken symbols or other verbal or non-verbal signs. “I’ll bet my dad can lick your dad.”


Communication Process: Communication Process MESSAGE/SYMBOL FEEDBACK RECEIVER SENDER OTHER FACTORS


Non-Verbal Communication: Non-Verbal Communication Lack of Eye Contact Swastika Religious Symbols Bumper Stickers Hand Signs Confederate Flag


Slide51: The Black Power Movement Comes to the Olympics 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games Raised right hand Power in Black America Raised left hand Unity of Black America Together Arch of Unity & Power Black Scarf Black Pride Black Socks/No Shoes Black Poverty in America


Listening: Listening Definition - A complex process involving four separated but interrelated components: Receiving Attending Assigning Meaning Remembering “We won’t have a problem finding the car tonight. I left the radio on full blast when I parked this morning.”


PERCEPTION: PERCEPTION Definition - A person’s immediate experience of other persons or objects gained through the sense organs, and somewhat modified by the perceiver’s personal characteristics and by societal influences.


Perceptions: Perceptions


Stereotyping: Stereotyping Categorizing people in a fixed or general pattern which may lead to making invalid assumptions regarding the particular group and member of the group


Prejudice: Prejudice Definition - A judgement against, or an opinion contrary to, anything without just grounds or sufficient knowledge. Similar to stereotyping, prejudice is a faulty and inflexible generalization based on an individual’s aversion or dislike towards a person or group.


Origin of Prejudice: Origin of Prejudice Childhood fears Authoritarian parents Parental attitudes Media


Slide64: Unlawful Discrimination & Sexual Harassment


Unlawful Discrimination (military): Unlawful Discrimination (military) Definition - A disparagement in treatment of people based on their color, national origin, race, religion, or sex, and such distinctions are not authorized by law or regulation, IAW AFI 36-2706


Unlawful Discrimination (civilian): Unlawful Discrimination (civilian) Definition - An unlawful employment practice that occurs when an employer fails or refuse to hire, discharge, or otherwise discriminates against any individual with respect to compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, reprisal, physical, or mental disability…IAW AFI 36-1201


Slide68: Discrimination on the basis of an immutable characteristic associated with race, such as skin color. Also, hair texture or certain facial features.


Slide69: An individual’s or ancestor’s place of origin. Also applies to a person who has the physical, cultural, or linguistic characteristics of a national group.


Slide70: American Indian or Alaskan Native; Asian or Pacific Islander; Black (Not of Hispanic Origin); Hispanic; White (Not of Hispanic Origin)


Slide71: The Constitution of the United States, Amendment 1, Ratified December 15, 1791 “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,”


Slide72: Sexism - Discrimination based on sex


Obvious Discrimination: Obvious Discrimination


Subtle Discrimination: Subtle Discrimination


Sexual Harassment: Sexual Harassment A form of sex discrimination that involves unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature WHEN:


Sexual Harassment: Sexual Harassment Submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of a person’s job pay or career (quid pro quo); or Submission to or rejection of such conduct by a person is used as a basis for a career or employment decisions affecting that person; or (quid pro quo) Such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual’s work performance or creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment


Sexual Harassment: Sexual Harassment Any person in a supervisory or command position who uses or condones implicit or explicit sexual behavior to control, influence, or affect the career, pay, or job of a military member or civilian employee, or


Sexual Harassment: Sexual Harassment Any military member or civilian employee who makes deliberate or repeated unwelcome verbal comments, gestures, or physical contact of a sexual nature is also engaging in sexual harassment


Examples of Sexual Harassment: Examples of Sexual Harassment Verbal abuse in the form of sexually degrading language Physical abuse in the form of unwelcome touching Threats of adverse personnel actions for refusal to cooperate Promises of rewards or benefits for cooperating


Slide83: Filing Complaints


Slide84: INFORMAL COMPLAINT FORMAL COMPLAINT


Slide87: Reprisal


Reprisal (military): Reprisal (military) Taking or threatening to take an unfavorable personnel action or withholding or threatening to withhold a favorable personnel action, or any other act of retaliation against a military member for making or preparing to make a protected communication. “Now remember, Welby, after the child is delivered, don’t slap it’s backside too hard. We don’t want to be accused of child abuse.”


Slide90: Roles & Responsibilities


Individual’s Role: Individual’s Role Develop an EO awareness/involvement Perform self evaluation for discriminatory behavior(s) Comply with Air Force policy Model behavior which fosters positive human relations Know your chain of command & helping agencies


Victim’s Role: Victim’s Role Recognize when standards aren’t being met Clarify perceptions versus fact Document what occurred… who, what, when, where Consider confronting alleged offender Use chain of command, MEO, EEO, etc Report reprisals


FriendCoworker’s Role: Friend Coworker’s Role Be a good listener and take action Encourage formal/informal resolution in a timely manner Report to proper authorities if necessary Follow up


Supervisor’s Role: Supervisor’s Role Set positive example on/off duty Enforce EO policies Take action on every issue Address rumors Keep chain of command informed of issues affecting workplace Give feedback on issues worked


Commander’s Role: Commander’s Role Reiterate AF EO Policy Open Door Policy Address every issue Take appropriate action (s) to end unlawful discrimination/sexual harassment and ensure there are no reprisals Brief complainant/alleged offender on results Correct management deficiencies Report results of EO issues worked to MEO


Summary: Summary I Events leading to current AF Approach II Communication, Perceptions, Listening, and Prejudice III Unlawful Discrimination, Sexual Harassment IV Filing Complaints


Summary: Summary V Reprisal VI Roles and Responsibilities Closure


MEO CONTACTS: MEO CONTACTS Cpt Vicki Pfeifer Chief Military Equal Opportunity Lt Aaron Dominique Military Equal Opportunity Officer TSGT Michele Curtis Officer Select/ MEO Assistant Building 728 Phone Number X5153