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Biden Air Force Nominee Claimed ‘White Colonels’ Are The ‘Biggest Barriers’ To Change In The Military
The Federalist ^ | 08/18/2023 | SHAWN FLEETWOOD

Posted on 08/18/2023 8:53:00 AM PDT by DFG

An Air Force colonel nominated by President Joe Biden once claimed that “white colonels” are the “biggest barriers” to addressing so-called “racial injustice” in the U.S. military, according to a new report.

On Thursday, The Daily Signal’s Rob Bluey reported that Col. Benjamin Jonsson, who is “currently awaiting promotion to brigadier general,” penned an article in the Air Force Times weeks after George Floyd’s death lamenting his fellow white airmen don’t go along with leftist talking points about so-called “racial injustice” in the U.S. armed forces.

“As white colonels, you and I are the biggest barriers to change if we do not personally address racial injustice in our Air Force. Defensiveness is a predictable response by white people to any discussion of racial injustice. White colonels are no exception,” Jonsson wrote. “We are largely blind to institutional racism, and we take offense to any suggestion that our system advantaged us at the expense of others.”

Jonsson went on claim he “drew attention” to the notion that “racial tension remains an important issue to address” while speaking with two white colonels. According to Jonsson, his “introduction of race into the conversation created social discomfort,” allegedly causing both service members to “ameliorate” the situation “with humor.” He furthermore admonished a fellow white colonel who purportedly expressed the meritocratic sentiment that “when anyone joins the Air Force, they need to adopt the culture of the Air Force [and] that [the branch] should not make cultural accommodations.”

“By obscuring any cultural differences in the Air Force, he excused himself from the need to dig into the underlying issue of racial disparity,” Jonsson regurgitated the leftist talking points.

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TOPICS: Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: airforce; dei; jonsson; whitecolonel
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1 posted on 08/18/2023 8:53:00 AM PDT by DFG
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To: DFG

This from a freakin’ WHITE COLONEL! Self hating, maybe?


2 posted on 08/18/2023 8:56:27 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: DFG

“White Colonels” is this like Colonel Sanders in his white suit selling fried chicken?


3 posted on 08/18/2023 8:57:34 AM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: JimRed

I just looked at an image of him online, and he looks like he bats for the other side.

At least that is what the Gaydar says.


4 posted on 08/18/2023 8:57:45 AM PDT by rlmorel ("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
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To: DFG

It’s definitely time to defund the military. I don’t want to have thank illegal aliens “for their service” and they don’t have a clue what I’m talking about. We obviously don’t need a serious military anymore. Congress comes up with a war, send in the Ukies.


6 posted on 08/18/2023 8:58:40 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Welcome to Amerika! Have you filed a lawsuit today?)
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To: DFG

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7 posted on 08/18/2023 8:59:48 AM PDT by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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To: DFG

This woke negro and his kind are responsible for weakening our military. They are responsible for waste, excess spending, spending on useless crap and social experiments when they should be focused on killing and breaking things. This useless affirmative action piece of chit is responsible for grounding significant portions of our Air Force’s aircraft. He needs to be held responsible and branded as a traitor to the United States. His policies and lack of leadership are directly responsible for the sorry and overly expensive state of the Air Force. He need to be stripped of his pension and thrown in prison to rot the rest of his life.


8 posted on 08/18/2023 9:01:34 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA (The Delay Trump’s trial, delay. Elect Trump President. Trump pardons himself. )
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Biden Air Force Nominee Claimed ‘White Colonels’ Are The ‘Biggest Barriers’ To Change In The Military

Fire all the "White Colonels" and replace them with equally qualified Black, Hispanic, and Asian colonels.

Problem solved.

While they're at it, might as well go full woke and simultaneously fill the ranks with post-op transsexuals, transvestites, etc.

After all, "diversity is our strength," right?

Ri-ight?!

Regards,

9 posted on 08/18/2023 9:01:48 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: DFG

““white colonels” are the “biggest barriers” “

This is because only woke Colonels are elevated to the rank of General. Once an officer becomes a Colonel, a dossier is initiated for them at the Pentagon. This dossier contains an extensive collection of both public and private information, stored within the Pentagon’s premises.


10 posted on 08/18/2023 9:03:00 AM PDT by DEPcom (DC is not my Capitol after Jan 6th lock downs.)
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To: DFG

This hack defines to a T the rank of Full Bird Chicken


11 posted on 08/18/2023 9:04:39 AM PDT by shadeaud (God gave us the free will and intelligence to choose right from wrong. Use it or lose it!)
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To: DFG

Pandering to the panel.


12 posted on 08/18/2023 9:05:34 AM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) My dog Sam eats purple flowers.)
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To: DFG

Merit, not melanin.

FCOL, we aren’t stupid. why not just go ahead and nuke our own cities.


13 posted on 08/18/2023 9:06:02 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: DFG

Mostly thanks to Obama, DoD has become just another bloated, woke, politicized bureaucracy in DC bubble-land

As they purge conservatives, patriots and traditionalists from their ranks to be replaced with pure ideologues, the likelihood they get their asses demolished in war against Russia and China grows exponentially.

Do NOT send your children to die and sacrifice for these clowns.


14 posted on 08/18/2023 9:06:43 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: DFG

I wonder if the US Military will be like all the businesses that went woke and then went broke?


15 posted on 08/18/2023 9:07:38 AM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: bk1000

If it wasn’t white colonels wouldn’t it be something else?


16 posted on 08/18/2023 9:07:58 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (e allowed )
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To: DFG

This is why I don’t mind that Tuberville is holding up promotions.


17 posted on 08/18/2023 9:08:15 AM PDT by Fido969 (45 is Superman! )
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To: DFG

We had a black Ltjg in my gunboat division in Nam. He was utter murder on the black sailors if they screwed up. When he first came in some black E3 went up to him to try on the power handshake. He had the guy jacked up against the wall quicker than you could say MalcolmX. Black military guys might prefer white officers. The black ones will take no shyt. At least back then.


18 posted on 08/18/2023 9:23:30 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: DFG

F this colonel. All this anti-white crap has got to stop.


19 posted on 08/18/2023 9:26:40 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
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To: DFG

Garbage (from the nominee)

When I was in the USAF decades ago the white officers and senior enlisted kissed the butts of the black enlisted men and women

On every base there was a taxpayer funded ‘Social Actions Office’ that catered only to black men and women to complain about real or imagined slights by white men or women. (I know I was a victim of lies from black guys I had refused to accomodate after being sexually harrassed in my own office by black guys who did not belong there)

They could go to work drunk and on drugs, be AWOL or late for work and nothing would be done the white men and women were expected to stay and do that shift.(I know it happened to me. A black female was constantly drunk and/or brought her child to work in a sensitive area Others who were effected by her neglect complained but nothing was done)

The black guys could sexually assault white women and the women would be tossed out of the USAF for being ‘unfit’ if they reported the rape etc

Black guys would knife or beat up white men and the white man would be in trouble for the ‘incident’...

Black guys could go to out-of-bounds bars and not get in trouble...

Black guys could hang out all day with their homies wandering around the base and sexually harassing white women instead of working What white officer was going to insist they come back ???

Black men and women could crash into the cars of white men or women and it would be the white troop who got the ticket (again this happened to me my car was parked only my insurance company was interested in doing an investigation)

etc etc

This has been going on in the USAF for many years

The white officers were and are afraid of the black guys ...

Their next promotion was more important than protecting white men and women...

This guy is a liar ...


20 posted on 08/18/2023 9:30:14 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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