{"id":1724717,"date":"2022-11-04T06:30:18","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T10:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1724717"},"modified":"2022-11-04T10:18:54","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T14:18:54","slug":"our-military-is-being-poisoned-by-critical-race-theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/our-military-is-being-poisoned-by-critical-race-theory\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Military Is Being Poisoned by Critical Race Theory"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Four-military-is-being-poisoned-by-critical-race-theory%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1724717&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/04101853\/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJjYW1wdXMucmVmb3JtIiwia2V5IjoiMC9iYjZrenFVbnRpdGxlZGRlc2lnblQuOTYzIiwiZWRpdHMiOnsiZ3JheXNjYWxlIjpmYWxzZSwicmVzaXplIjp7IndpZHRoIjoxMDAwfX19\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p id=\"isPasted\"><em>Dr. Timothy Furnish is a writer, analyst, and author of five books, with over 13 years college teaching experience. He has taught at Georgia Perimeter College, Reinhardt University, Kennesaw State University, and Norwich University. Outside academia, he has lectured at Joint Special Operations University, Defense Institute for Security Assistance Management, the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, and several other intelligence and military venues. He also worked for five years as a consultant to US Special Operations Command. Furnish obtained his doctorate in Islamic\/Middle Eastern history from The Ohio State University, after serving as an Arabic interrogator in the 101st Airborne Division.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Recently I wrote about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.campusreform.org\/article?id=20450\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one of the worst ideas to come from higher education<\/a>: defunding the police. I now want to examine another: Critical Race Theory (CRT). CRT is perhaps even more dangerous to America, especially if it continues to penetrate our military.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>CRT, like \u201cdefund the police,\u201d is structurally <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/05\/06\/what-critical-race-theory-is-really-about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">similar to Marxism<\/a>. But instead of focusing on the founder of Communism\u2019s \u201cclass struggle\u201d between the bourgeoisie (those who own the means of production) and the proletariat (lower-class wage-earners), it focuses on the \u201cracial struggle\u201d between Black and White Americans.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/article\/what-is-critical-race-theory.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">core concept<\/a> of CRT is \u201csystemic racism,\u201d the notion that racism pervades American institutions even in the absence of explicitly racist laws or animus. This concept is now firmly embedded in the Democrat Party <a href=\"\/\/\/Users\/bcookcampusreform\/Downloads\/2020-Democratic-Party-Platform%20(1).pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">platform<\/a>. And President Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/spectator.org\/biden-executive-order-critical-race-theory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">signed an Executive Order<\/a> mandating its promotion in the federal government.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>These developments come on the heels of the military progressively adopting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) into its training initiatives.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[RELATED: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff defends teaching Critical Race Theory at service academies]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Examples abound. Joint Special Operations Command (where I used to work), offered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/us-military-woke-equity-diversity-training-courses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">classes on \u201cdiversity, equity and inclusion<\/a>.\u201d (And noted that these were not unique to JSOC.) The Navy put out a <a href=\"https:\/\/americandefensenews.com\/2022\/06\/23\/navys-embarrassingly-woke-training-video-pushing-gender-pronouns-gets-slammed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cringe-worthy training video<\/a> on proper usage of gender pronouns.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now, the Marxist rot of CRT is being taught at the service academies in addition to the DEI platform.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>West Point has a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westpoint.edu\/academics\/academic-departments\/behavioral-sciences-and-leadership\/diversity-and-inclusion-studies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Diversity &#038; Inclusion Studies Minor<\/a>.\u201d So does the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usafa.edu\/academic\/diversity-inclusion-studies-minor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Air Force Academy<\/a>. Classes that can be taken for this minor at the Air Force Academy include \u201cLiterature, Language and Gender\/Sexuality\u201d and \u201cDiversity and Security.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Recall also the (in)famous remarks in 2021 about \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/americanmilitarynews.com\/2021\/06\/video-chairman-of-joint-chiefs-links-white-rage-to-capitol-storming-says-he-supports-critical-race-theory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">understanding white rage<\/a>\u201d made by Joint Chiefs Chairman General Mark Milley, along with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, during the January 6 hearings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Later, Milley and Austin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/milley-maintains-military-is-apolitical-after-white-rage-comment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tried to walk back these comments<\/a>, claiming the military is apolitical.<\/p>\n<p>Austin stated that \u201ccritical race theory is not something that this department [of Defense] teaches, professes, embraces.\u201d If so, why must Judicial Watch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.judicialwatch.org\/air-force-academy-crt-records\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">sue<\/a> to obtain CRT data from the service academies? And does he really expect us to believe that CRT is not intrinsic to the military when the Biden Administration\u2019s latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/10\/15\/critical-race-theory-touted-in-biden-administration-national-security-strategy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">National Security Strategy<\/a> so prominently touts CRT-related concepts such \u201cdiversity, equity, and inclusion?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, Austin and Milley were directly contradicted by a professor at the Air Force Academy, who wrote in <em>The Washington Post\u00a0<\/em>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2021\/07\/06\/military-academies-should-teach-critical-race-theory\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Here\u2019s Why I Teach Critical Race Theory<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[RELATED: FURNISH: Not studying war is a recipe for disaster]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is important because Marxist-inspired race-baiting undermines our military\u2019s effectiveness, as professor and Marine Corps veteran Mackubin Owens <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/politics\/critical-race-theory-undermines-military-effectiveness\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">wrote<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tactically, insisting that White, Black, and brown are the colors that matter undercuts what the military taught when I was in the 101<sup>st<\/sup> Airborne: we\u2019re all in this together, and the only color that matters is green.<\/p>\n<p>If soldiers, sailors, and airmen\/women are taught their NCO or commanding officer dislikes them because of their melanin level, winning a battle, much less a war, becomes problematic.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, CRT contaminates the civilian-military relationship. The military remains the <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/1597\/Confidence-Institutions.aspx\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">most-trusted institution<\/a> in America, although that level has come down considerably. We can\u2019t afford for Marxist ideas to further erode the trust between the American people and their warfighters.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>CRT needs to be withdrawn from our military before it wounds even more.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><em>Editorials and op-eds reflect the opinion of the authors and not necessarily that of\u00a0<\/em><span>Campus Reform\u00a0<\/span><em>or the Leadership Institute.\u00a0<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Timothy Furnish is a writer, analyst, and author of five books, with over 13 years college teaching experience. He has taught at Georgia Perimeter College, Reinhardt University, Kennesaw State<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1724724,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1724717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1724717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1724717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1724717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1724724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1724717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1724717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1724717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}