U.S. military officials have opened an investigation into an alleged text message exchange in which a black senior airman was told he was not being considered for a promotion because 'the Air Force is looking for somebody of white complexion'. The texts, posted on a U.S. Air Force news page on , begins with a message from a white technical sergeant at the Luke Air Force Base, in , letting the black airman know he won't be considered for a job in the Unit Fitness Assessment Cell, reported.When the black airman asks for a reason, the sergeant allegedly wrote: 'We personally do not feel as if you are a good choice for the squadron. You currently have a shaving waiver which isn't a professional image, and I think the air force is looking for somebody of white complexion and with the image that the air force needs.'
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