Posted on 07/07/2021 4:26:47 AM PDT by DFG
A United States Air Force Academy Professor has argued Critical Race Theory should be taught to all cadets so that they can understand how the United States was 'shaped by racism.'
Political scientist Lynne Chandler GarcĂa said the Constitution brought about 'inequality' and that George Washington was a racist. She argued that the history of the U.S. proved that 'racism has shaped both foreign and domestic policy.'
Garcia, who teaches the Marxist theory at the USAF Academy in Colorado Springs, said she agreed with the Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Mark Milley who recently told Congress that Critical Race Theory 'is not unpatriotic.'
CRT exploded to prominence in the spring as it started to appear in classrooms from kindergarten to Grade 12, leading to several bans including in Florida and Texas, however it has been taught in higher education for decades.
It teaches that racism is not the result of nature or biology but that it is a social construct, an idea invented to exploit and control minorities. It argues racism is a structural problem in the United States, particularly towards black people, embedded in its institutions, legal system and even the Constitution.
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Back when I was a cadet there, we have real professors, real standards, and an actual Honor Code. As for now, the place is a joke. The cadets (when in a private location) openly deride the Supt and his cadre of DEI flunkies. - none of which could have met the standards of my class. As an aside, back then, we had an all military faculty - for all subjects. I cannot remember an instructor that was not professional, articulate, and knowledgeable. Put a stake in our academies. They are done.
That went away years ago...which started the descent of the academy from honor, integrity, and intellect to the levels of Harvard and the rest of the sewer dwellers.
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