{"id":2004581,"date":"2023-08-18T07:02:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T11:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-air-force-nominee-claimed-white-colonels-are-the-biggest-barriers-to-change-in-the-military\/"},"modified":"2023-08-18T07:06:59","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T11:06:59","slug":"biden-air-force-nominee-claimed-white-colonels-are-the-biggest-barriers-to-change-in-the-military","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-air-force-nominee-claimed-white-colonels-are-the-biggest-barriers-to-change-in-the-military\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden&#8217;s Air Force nominee blames &#8216;white colonels&#8217; for hindering military progress."},"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\">22<\/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%2Fbiden-air-force-nominee-claimed-white-colonels-are-the-biggest-barriers-to-change-in-the-military%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=2004581&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 class=\"article-content\">\n<h2>An Air Force Colonel&#8217;s Controversial Views on Racial Injustice<\/h2>\n<p>An Air Force colonel nominated\u2062 by President Joe Biden once claimed that\u200b \u201cwhite colonels\u201d\u2064 are the \u201cbiggest barriers\u201d to \u200caddressing\u2062 so-called \u200b\u201cracial injustice\u201d\u200d in\u2063 the U.S. military, according to a\u2064 new report.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, The Daily \u2063Signal\u2019s Rob\u200d Bluey <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2023\/08\/17\/it-is-time-give-damn-air-force-colonel-lectures-fellow-white-colonels-institutional-racism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> that Col. Benjamin Jonsson, who is \u201ccurrently\u200b awaiting promotion to brigadier general,\u201d penned an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/opinion\/commentary\/2020\/07\/01\/dear-white-colonel-we-must-address-our-blind-spots-around-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">article<\/a> in the Air Force Times weeks after George \u200cFloyd\u2019s death lamenting his fellow white airmen don\u2019t go along with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mean-girl-chrissy-teigen-was-just-exposed-but-her-liberal-privilege-is-protecting-her\/\" title=\"Mean Girl Chrissy Teigen Was Just Exposed. But Her Liberal Privilege Is Protecting Her.\u00a0\">leftist talking points<\/a> about so-called \u201cracial injustice\u201d in\u2063 the U.S. armed forces.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAs white colonels, you and I are the biggest \u200bbarriers to\u200b change if we do not personally\u200c address racial injustice in our Air Force. Defensiveness is a predictable response by white people to any\u2064 discussion\u2063 of racial injustice. White colonels are no exception,\u201d Jonsson wrote. \u201cWe are \u2064largely blind to institutional racism,\u200b and we take offense to any suggestion that our \u2063system advantaged us at the expense of others.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Jonsson went on claim he \u201cdrew attention\u201d to the notion that \u201cracial tension \u200bremains\u00a0an \u2063important issue to address\u201d while\u2062 speaking with two white colonels. According to Jonsson, his \u200d\u201cintroduction of\u2062 race \u200binto the conversation created social\u200b discomfort,\u201d allegedly \u2062causing both service members \u2064to \u201cameliorate\u201d \u2064the situation \u201cwith humor.\u201d He furthermore admonished a fellow white colonel\u2062 who purportedly expressed the meritocratic sentiment that \u200b\u201cwhen anyone \u200cjoins the Air Force, they need\u200d to \u2062adopt the culture of the\u2064 Air Force [and] that [the branch] should not make cultural \u2062accommodations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy obscuring any cultural differences in the Air Force, he excused himself\u200c from\u200d the\u2063 need to dig\u200d into the\u00a0underlying issue of racial disparity,\u201d Jonsson regurgitated the \u2062leftist \u200btalking points.<\/p>\n<p>But Jonsson\u200b wasn\u2019t quite finished \u2062demanding his\u2064 fellow service \u2063members view the world through a racial lens. At\u200b the end of\u2062 his article, the Air Force\u200d colonel recommended airmen\u200c develop a \u201cgame \u200cplan\u201d to break so-called \u201cinvisible barriers\u201d in \u200cthe military by reading Robin DiAngelo\u2019s <em>White Fragility: Why It\u2019s So Hard for White People to \u2063Talk About Racism<\/em>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/07\/15\/what-to-read-instead-of-white-fragility\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">book<\/a> that\u200d promotes divisive \u200cideologies such as <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/critical-race-theory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">critical race theory<\/a> (CRT)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cDear \u200cwhite colonel, it is time to give a damn. Aim High,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>The Influence of CRT\u2063 and DEI in the Military<\/h3>\n<p>The Air Force\u200c Times article\u2062 is hardly\u200c the only incident in which Jonsson has pushed the military\u2063 to adopt ideas saturated in so-called \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/dei\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">diversity, equity, and inclusion<\/a>\u201d \u2064(DEI), a poisonous left-wing \u200bframework that dismisses merit\u200d and instead discriminates based on characteristics such as skin\u200d color and sex.<\/p>\n<p>In a \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MLq1V8m74HE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">December\u200b 2020 video<\/a> commemorating the service\u200c of a Tuskegee Airman, Jonsson said the celebration gives the Air Force a\u2064 chance to \u201cacknowledge that there\u2019s still\u200d progress that we need \u2064to make as a \u200cservice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s still barriers, more invisible barriers, that\u200b some of our \u200cairmen from underrepresented \u2062groups \u2026 still feel in their service,\u201d Jonsson claimed. \u201cWe\u2019re aggressively \u200dknocking\u200b down those barriers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to a\u200d September 2022 \u200bFox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/air-force-academy-diversity-training-tells-cadets-to-use-words-that-include-all-genders-drop-mom-and-dad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report<\/a>, the Air Force Academy \u2014 where Jonsson had apparently begun <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.md\/7Lswv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">serving<\/a> as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2023\/08\/17\/it-is-time-give-damn-air-force-colonel-lectures-fellow-white-colonels-institutional-racism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">vice\u200c superintendent<\/a> in August 2022 \u2014 \u200bhas regularly forced cadets to \u2063undergo DEI instruction. In\u2062 one slideshow titled, \u201cDiversity &#038; \u2064Inclusion: What it is, why we\u200c care, &#038;\u200c what we can do,\u201d cadets are told to utilize words\u2064 that \u201cinclude all genders\u201d and avoid using terms \u2062such as \u201cmom,\u201d \u201cdad,\u201d and \u201ccolorblind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An Air Force cadet writing under a pseudonym detailed in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/courage-strength-optimism\/inside-the-woke-takeover-of-the-us-air-force-academy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Washington \u200bExaminer<\/a> earlier this\u2062 summer his experiences \u200cwith \u2064the academy\u2019s embrace of \u201cleftist ideologies.\u201d The cadet specifically noted how \u201ccritical race theory\u00a0and diversity, \u2063equity,\u200b and inclusion trainings [are] being forced upon us \u200cby \u2063academy leadership\u201d and that in doing so, the school has \u201cdivided \u2063the cadet \u2062wing from within,\u2063 in a profession where unity is essential.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jonsson\u2019s apparent infatuation with CRT and DEI\u200c ideologies further highlights the importance of\u2064 Alabama Sen. Tommy\u2063 Tuberville\u2019s ongoing bid to force individual votes on \u2062Biden\u2019s military\u200b appointees.\u2062 Using \u200dhis role on the \u2063Senate Armed Services \u200dCommittee, Tuberville has been slowing down military personnel\u2062 moves that require Senate confirmation to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/03\/29\/democrats-hate-that-republicans-like-sen-tommy-tuberville-are-finally-doing-their-jobs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">protest<\/a> the Pentagon\u2019s use of \u2062taxpayer money to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-air-force-nominee-claimed-white-colonels-are-the-biggest-barriers-to-change-in-the-military\/\" title=\"Biden's Air Force nominee blames 'white colonels' for hindering military progress.\">cover service \u2064members\u2019 travel expenses<\/a> to get abortions.<\/p>\n<p>To\u200d be clear, Tuberville is not\u200d blocking votes, but is <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/us-military-at-risk-senate-army-confirmations-blocked-tuberville-12cd1bd126cc89a5e30a288d22476394\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">forcing<\/a> the Armed Services Committee to vote on each nomination individually \u2064rather than voting \u201cen masse on large numbers of nominations.\u201d The Alabama senator\u200d has\u2064 since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/j-k-rowling-goes-viral-with-message-to-those-pushing-people-to-use-cis-after-musk-labels-it-a-slur\/\" title=\"J.K. Rowling's viral message against pressuring 'Cis' use after Musk calls it a 'slur'.\">faced numerous attacks<\/a> from Democrats\u2063 and establishment Republicans, many of whom have <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/08\/09\/if-the-military-actually-cared-about-readiness-it-wouldnt-have-fired-members-for-refusing-an-experimental-shot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">baselessly claimed<\/a> his \u200cprotest is\u200d harming\u200d \u201cmilitary readiness.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Air Force colonel, nominated by President Joe Biden, stated that &#8220;white colonels&#8221; are the main obstacles to tackling &#8220;racial injustice&#8221; in the military. Col. Benjamin Jonsson, currently up for promotion to brigadier general, wrote an article expressing this view. The report was shared by Rob Bluey of The Daily Signal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":539,"featured_media":2004582,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2004581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"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\/2004581","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\/539"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2004581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2004581\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2004582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2004581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2004581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2004581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}