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Christopher Webb@cwebbonline · Jul 1, 2025

So let me get this straight… Under Pete Hegseth’s leadership, the Army is rolling out a policy that could kick out…

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The author argues that Pete Hegseth's Army policy targeting razor bumps disproportionately affects Black men while white soldiers who refused COVID vaccines received waivers and career protection. The thread critiques this as racially discriminatory punishment rather than legitimate military policy, highlighting how Black men face unique grooming challenges due to skin biology and lack of generational knowledge transfer.

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    So let me get this straight… Under Pete Hegseth’s leadership, the Army is rolling out a policy that could kick out Black men for razor bumps—a medical condition that disproportionately affects us. Meanwhile, white troops who refused the COVID vaccine? They got waivers. Sympathy. Career protection. This isn’t about grooming. It’s about who gets to be seen as worth accommodating. 🧵

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    Razor bumps aren’t just some cosmetic issue. For a lot of young Black men, it’s chronic inflammation, pain, painful scarring—made worse by the fact that most of us weren’t taught how to shave properly. I didn’t serve but I know in the military, the requirement is to stay clean-shaven and it’s constant drilled in pressure. I don’t get razor bumps. But that’s only because I taught myself how to shave properly. I was raised by a single mom. So no dad in the house to show me. No internet either. So at 15, I subscribed to GQ. I realize now that might have been a bit strange but I liked fashion. And they did include Black men. I learned shaving techniques that I carry to this day. I definitely don’t shave daily so that’s huge for my skin. That might sound odd now, but back then it was survival. Girls got Teen Vogue or Seventeen. Boys got silence. No roadmap. Just razors and expectations. And now the Army wants to punish young Black men for having Black skin. This isn’t policy. It’s punishment. And it’s racist!

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