![]() “Diversity” used to be a positive word describing the positive result of non-discrimination and recognition of individual merit. Nowhere are these changes needed more than in the Department of Defense, where patriotism and mutual respect in the ranks are essential in maintaining its all-volunteer force. President Trump followed suit with an executive order denying federal funds for critical race theory training contractors. Russell Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget, recently issued a memorandum directing all executive departments and agencies to eliminate critical race theory programs that promote “divisive, anti-American propaganda.” Unresolved accusations and suspicions of racism eviscerate mutual trust and team cohesion, two things essential for survival and mission accomplishment.įortunately, the Trump administration is confronting this ideology. It is difficult to imagine a more demoralizing course of instruction for officers who will soon lead soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines into combat. Toxic “ anti-racist” ideology nurtures division and resentment by politicizing immutable, skin-deep characteristics. Non-white participants must confess their “white privilege,” and if a person denies he is racist, that denial is taken as proof that he is in fact a racist. So, is “White Fragility” part of a fair discussion featuring numerous competing views, or is it the flagship book of an indoctrination session for an insidious new leftist ideology? So far, West Point is mum on the issue, which doesn’t suggest the answer supports the nation its cadets are supposed to defend and which funds their careers.Īs commentator Ben Shapiro has explained, critical race theory indoctrination claims that all institutions are racist. West Point did not respond to multiple requests for information about whether this course balances its presentation of this racially charged material with “critical race theory” dissenters such as Shelby Steele, Thomas Sowell, or Walter Williams. Military Academy Behavioral Science and Leadership Course titled “Politics-Race, Gender, Sexuality,” ( SS392) offered to sociology majors, has a required textbook list with titles such as “ Critical Race Theory: An Introduction,” Susan Ferguson’s “ Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Social Class: Dimensions of Inequality and Identity,” and “ A Critical Introduction to Queer Theory,” by Nikki Sullivan. Oh, wait - Navy Captain Hallock Mohler, Jr., has already announced a book club for Second Fleet sailors, naming Robin DiAngelo’s “White Fragility” as its first selection. And, to meet “New Woke World” expectations, some promotable officers organize book clubs for subordinates to study best-sellers like “ White Fragility.” Military officers are denied promotions if they do not fit percentage-based sex and race quotas. ![]() ![]() At the Army-Navy game, players take a knee instead of saluting the flag. Imagine this: Army base streets or Navy ship decks are painted with tributes to Black Lives Matter, a movement whose lead organization self-identifies as Marxist. ![]()
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