“Will there ever be a time when black women can unapologetically show that they are strong proud and supportive of one another without their action being interpreted as an act of militant defiance?” Essence magazine editor-in-chief Vanessa De Luca asked in a Wall Street Journal op-ed this week.

Indeed, Caslen noted that other cadets have used clenched fists to show support for a team or pride at serving their country. So did he, along with hundreds of West Point staffers and graduates on the night before last year’s Army-Navy football game, he added.

16 West Point Cadets in Raised-Fist Photo Won’t Be Punished – ABC News

This is a non-story slipped into the national consciousness by trolls intent on fomenting racial misunderstandings and tensions.