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Yeah .

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Part of why that was important to me

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was simply because she asked . I also

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felt like it was important because to

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me it falls in the larger umbrella of

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diversity and inclusion . And it's

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important that we're making all of our

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airmen in this case feel included . And

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the way that made her feel was was

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excluded um and perpetuated stereotypes

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that we really need to change .

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We

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are the world's greatest air force

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because we have such diversity . How

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are we supposed to embrace that when

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we're teaching our airmen that and

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we're conditioning them to believing

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that anyone that is associated with

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islam or a muslim or arab , you know ,

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by any chance is considered an

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extremist .

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I

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was immediately filled with pride .

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Just that she felt comfortable

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empowered that her the way she did it

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too was a really wonderful indication

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of how things were going in our unit .

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Nobody shut her down . Nobody dismissed

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it . They validated her feelings and

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they helped her move forward with

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action . And then I got all the way up

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to me . And so I invited her to come

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and talk about

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it .

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And I had the idea to engage on the

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Women's Officer forum and I went ahead

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and posted on there and there was a

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huge outpouring of support . Mm

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hmm .

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If

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you look at it as As not being

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specifically about a CBT or about being

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a muslim . And just simply that it's

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important that you raise your hand and

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speak up if you see something that you

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think is wrong . And then it's

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important at those mid and high levels

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to be leaders that are ready to support

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those people that raise their hands .

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It could be about anything . It should

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be about

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anything .