The picture doesn't show them punching the air. There's a difference between punching the air and holding it:
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At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, medal winners John Carlos and Tommie Smith gave the raised fist salute during the American national anthem as a sign of black power, and as a protest on behalf of the Olympic Project for Human Rights. For this, they were banned from further Olympic activities. The event was one of the most overtly political statements in the history of the modern Olympic Games.
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The uniforms don't have to be politically correct; but, military personnel do and West Point cadets are considered part of the military. Perhaps you'd like to see all battleship gray military hardware painted chartreuse so as not to offend anyone. Feel free to write the Dept. of Heraldry which regulates these things. Another red herring. Watch out for mercury toxicity, it can make you do crazy things like trying to play the race card to deflect attention from an issue.
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Why would these future military leaders say anything, nobody is asking them anything yet. Right now they are being tried by press in absentia.
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That's what's expected of LEADERS. When their actions create controversy, the onus is on them to take the initiative and (situation permitting) explain themselves in the interest of organizational cohesion. Otherwise they're just followers which raises the question of which special interest group they're following and does their action represent prohibited political endorsement.