Posted on 05/17/2021 7:27:12 PM PDT by george76
American Airlines says it’s investigating a Texas-based pilot who spoke against an effort by his local school district to implement elements of critical race theory.
Guy Midkiff of Southlake, Texas, has been flying for American Airlines for more than 30 years, according to the Dallas Morning News. His job remains uncertain, however, after he criticized a “Cultural Competence Action Plan” (CCAP) proposed by Carroll Independent School District online and in podcasts.
The plan, which was developed by Carroll’s diversity council after white students were caught on video singing a rap song that contains a racial slur, called for the district to hire “equity and inclusion” officials, encourage students to report each other for “microaggressions,” and impose mandatory “diversity training” on students and staff.
The critical race theory-inspired CCAP has sparked intense pushback from members of Southlake community, including Midkiff, who used social media and a podcast to document to criticize the CCAP and its proponents, reported the Morning News. This made him a target of pro-CCAP activists, who repeatedly sought American Airlines’ attention, calling on the company to fire Midkiff for alleged online harassment.
Critical race theory is a quasi-Marxist ideology that holds that racism is ingrained in the United States.
In a May 10 post on Twitter, Southlake Anti-Racism Coalition (SARC) claimed Midkiff had been harassing people online, although none of Midkiff’s posts the group cited as evidence actually tagged any individual.
“Your employee has been harassing students and community members relentlessly for months for speaking out against the racism they experience in our town. From targeting individual minors and accosting our organization, here are just some of his most recent unprofessional comments,” the SARC said.
Another Twitter account stated, “Hey [American Airlines], why is this man saying he is a pilot for your airline? He is consistently harassing minority females in Southlake and now is going after our students!”
In response, American Airlines’ official account said the allegations are concerning, and asked the accusers to provide the link to Midkiff’s comments “for us to take a closer look.”
The company later told the the Morning News that it is investigating Midkiff, saying, “We are troubled by the allegations made and have launched an investigation into the matter.”
Midkiff did not back down on his criticisms of the CCAP. Instead, he blasted the activists for allegedly using teenage students as a shield so that they can accuse anyone who doesn’t agree with them of harassing minors.
A tactic of the left is to push kids out front to lead their cause,” he wrote on Twitter. “They do this to insulate themselves from attacks by adults that fear being called a ‘grown man’ ‘harassing students’ for challenging their false narrative.”
“Never give in to the bully tactics of the leftists,” he added.
(Music sting)
“Everybody, everybody, everybody wants to be a commie-rat!”
Love how everyone is up in everyone else’s business. /sarc
Now this is an example many many more American Patriots need to heed. If all the Millions of people that voted for President Trump and at their KEYBOARDS on this forum and many others would take such firm stands for freedom these WOKE companies would be forced to back off. They could not survive if they tried to terminate 75 MILLION Americans.
He should be turning in is retirement paperwork as I type.
Isn’t American one of the airlines that’s going to hire pilots based on race from now on instead of the people actually being able to fly?
It's a very good thing that black people don't sing those vile racist lyrics!
It's way past time to use the cancel culture against these damn woke companies. Fight fire with fire.
So because he has an opinion, he is unqualified to fly? What about paying passengers that have the same opinion? They can’t fly I guess?
Meanwhile the blacks as whole and the demographic is regressing rapidly but so many whites love ghetto culture.
Oh, goodie. Amerikan Airlines is looking to have even fewer passengers on their flying cattle cars.
PING!
Was he representing American Airlines or himself? If himself without referencing AL then AL should butt out; his time, his freedom of speech.
**** American Airlines and American airlines. I don’t fly unless I have to cross an ocean.
No, it’s United. I’m sure morons at AA are also looking of this wonderful opportunity!
The left might as well put on their brown shirts and Jack boots now. Everyone can see their true colors - conform or else. No more diversity or tolerance smokescreen. Obedience or demonization, or worse.
INVESTIGATING???
WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH FLYING A PLANE????
IS ‘NOT AGREEING WITH DEMOCRATS’ NOW CAUSE FOR TERMINATION???
WILL YOU GET FIRED IF YOU POST THAT YOU AGREE WITH IT??
OR ONLY IF YOU DISAGREE??
1930s Germany is just about upon us.
Object to fascism, lose your job.
Do you want to fly in a plane piloted by someone who is hired for his political views?
30 years of service and they are investigating him for his opinions?
That sucks no mater how the investigation goes.
American Airlines CEO is woke prick
Not as bad as Deltas but bad enough
Does anyone remember Bob Crandall
Now that was an hombre CEO American once had
Not since the Japanese created & implemented the concept of organized “thought police” a few centuries ago has the world seen the concept implemented as efficiently and rapidly as is being done by our new communist rulers...
The concepts of control of the populace through systemic policing of personal thought has been a very successful lynchpin in creating and sustaining all forms of tyranny since that time...
Here in the U.S. there were early warnings of the inception of a “culture war’ in 1992 and, most recently, in 2016 in a brilliant speech to the Republican National Convention...
Like every other warning of disaster that brilliant minds have put forth since the early 1900’s, the American people demonstrated the old saying that “ignorance is bliss”...
Welcome to the next few centuries of darkest tyranny...
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