ニューヨーク・タイムズのインスタグラム(nytimes) - 8月16日 03時25分

As a 6-year-old camping in the Virginia woods, Simone Askew marched for fun, leading her young sister and friends in formation. A few years later, the sight of @usnavy midshipmen striding across an Annapolis football field solidified her desire to be the person who led troops. “What does it take,” she asked her mother at that game, pointing to the cadets, “to lead that?” Yesterday, Cadet Askew — the first African-American woman to hold the highest student position at @westpoint_usma — led the freshmen Army cadets for 12 miles. As the #WestPoint corps of cadets first captain, Simone, now 20, will not only be at the forefront of every academy event, but she’ll set the class agenda and oversee the roughly 4,400 students. “You’re selected for this role, that’s not the end of it,” she said yesterday. Her appointment is a significant step for West Point. “Simone looks like America,” said Pat Walter Locke, the first African-American woman to graduate from the academy and one of Simone’s mentors. Pat didn’t think she would see an African-American woman hold the coveted position in her lifetime. “Everybody can see themselves in Simone,” she said. @hlswift took this portrait of #SimoneAskew yesterday at West Point.

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