{"id":2009094,"date":"2023-08-23T09:52:12","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T13:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-nominee-for-air-force-brigadier-general-blames-fellow-white-colonels-for-being-biggest-barriers-to-dei-agenda-in-military\/"},"modified":"2023-08-23T09:55:10","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T13:55:10","slug":"biden-nominee-for-air-force-brigadier-general-blames-fellow-white-colonels-for-being-biggest-barriers-to-dei-agenda-in-military","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-nominee-for-air-force-brigadier-general-blames-fellow-white-colonels-for-being-biggest-barriers-to-dei-agenda-in-military\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden&#8217;s Air Force Brigadier General nominee criticizes &#8216;White Colonels&#8217; as main obstacles to DEI goals in military."},"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\">34<\/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-nominee-for-air-force-brigadier-general-blames-fellow-white-colonels-for-being-biggest-barriers-to-dei-agenda-in-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=2009094&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--><h2>An Air Force Officer&#8217;s Controversial Views on Racial Injustice<\/h2>\n<p>An\u2063 Air Force officer in line \u200dfor \u2064a promotion to general \u2062by\u2062 the Biden administration has\u200b a \u2064history of targeting his white \u2062peers on\u2062 the basis \u2064of their race.<\/p>\n<p>Col. Ben Jonsson, who is \u2062white, assailed <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.\">white colonels<\/a> in \u200bthe military branch as a \u2064whole \u2064in\u2062 a scathing\u2064 July 2020 screed published in the <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=\"noopener\">Air Force Times<\/a>, citing the then-recent death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs white colonels, you \u2064and I\u2063 are\u2064 the biggest barriers\u2064 to change if we do not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-nominee-for-air-force-brigadier-general-blames-fellow-white-colonels-for-being-biggest-barriers-to-dei-agenda-in-military\/\" title=\"Biden's Air Force Brigadier General nominee criticizes 'White Colonels' as main obstacles to DEI goals in military.\">personally \u2063address racial\u2062 injustice<\/a> in\u200b our Air Force,\u201d \u2062Jonsson wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDefensiveness is a predictable response by white people \u200bto any discussion of racial injustice,\u201d Jonsson wrote.<\/p>\n<p>He then went\u2062 into examples\u2064 of \u200dwhat\u2064 he said\u2064 were white colonels avoiding the\u200c topic of racial problems in \u200bthe service, including disproportionate punishment \u200bof black airmen.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">  After the\u200d death of George Floyd \u200cin 2020, Air Force Col. \u200cBen Jonsson accused\u200b his\u2062 fellow \u201cwhite\u2062 colonels\u201d of being the \u201cbiggest barriers\u201d to addressing \u201cracial injustice\u201d in the military.<\/p>\n<p>Today, he\u2019s in line for a\u200c promotion to brigadier\u200b general. \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uTyPjVHQV1\">https:\/\/t.co\/uTyPjVHQV1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rob Bluey (@RobertBluey) \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobertBluey\/status\/1692270342767599871?\">August 17, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Jonsson even went on to \u2062recommend a book by racial extremist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/white-fragility-author-time-attacking-comedy-excuse-get-racist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Robin DiAngelo<\/a> \u2014 \u201cWhite Fragility: Why It\u2019s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jonsson currently serves as vice superintendent\u200b of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/op-ed-worst-hate-crime-hoaxes-yet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. Air Force Academy<\/a> in \u200bColorado, according \u200dto \u2063a \u2062Department of Defense <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/Releases\/Release\/Article\/3279885\/general-officer-announcements\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news\u2064 release<\/a> announcing\u2064 pending promotions.<\/p>\n<p>Jonsson\u2019s promotion has been delayed through a procedural hold on the part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/lone-gop-rep-threatens-foundational-piece-bidens-agenda-not-budging\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville<\/a>, along with pending\u200d promotions for any\u200b prospective flag\u200d officer in\u2064 the military.<\/p>\n<p>The Alabama Republican objects to Pentagon funding of travel for service \u200dmembers to obtain abortions, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/tuberville-military-holds-senate-officers-45c4230a8aee5222bf32b43823e29acc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The \u200bAssociated\u2064 Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Biden\u2062 Administration\u2019s\u200b liberal and woke policies are the real threat to military readiness.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m trying to keep politics out \u200bof the military.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ylvvrw9f8v\">https:\/\/t.co\/Ylvvrw9f8v<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Coach \u200cTommy\u200d Tuberville (@SenTuberville) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenTuberville\/status\/1690151724831461377?\">August 12, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Senior Pentagon leaders \u200dhave pushed back against allegations \u2064the military\u2062 is compromised by political ideology.<\/p>\n<p>Gen. Mark Milley, \u200dChairman of the Joint Chiefs\u2062 of Staff, pointed \u2064to the cancellation of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/huge-victory-drag-show-air-force-base-axed-tipoff-rep-matt-gaetz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arkansas-womens-shelter-will-host-family-friendly-drag-queen-show-with-headliner-crystal-methyd\/\" title=\"Arkansas Women\u2019s Shelter Will Host \u2018Family-Friendly\u2019 Drag Queen Show With Headliner \u2018Crystal Methyd\u2019\">drag queen show<\/a><\/a> on an\u2062 Air Force\u200c base as evidence in an interview last week, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2023\/08\/18\/gen-milley-ukraine-tuberville-wokeness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington \u2062Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In spite of\u2064 Jonsson\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/oberlin-college-furious-pay-44-million-bakery-owners-slandered-racists-now-suing-insurance-companies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">racially charged<\/a> rhetoric, data shows that the United States is among the least prejudiced nations in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Only 3 percent of \u2062Americans stated they would\u2062 not want to \u2063live next to a \u2064neighbor \u2063of another race in \u2064a 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcl.ac.uk\/policy-institute\/assets\/love-thy-neighbour.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">King\u2019s College\u200b London<\/a> \u200c survey.<\/p>\n<p>The figure paled in comparison to those for some of the United States\u2019\u2064 geopolitical adversaries, such \u2064as Iran\u2063 and China.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2064post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-nominee-air-force-brigadier-general-blames-fellow-white-colonels-biggest-barriers-dei-agenda-military\/\">Biden Nominee\u2064 for Air Force Brigadier General Blames\u2064 Fellow &#8216;White Colonels&#8217; for Being &#8216;Biggest Barriers&#8217; to\u2063 DEI Agenda in Military<\/a> appeared \u2063first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Air Force officer, Col. Ben Jonsson, who is in line for promotion to general under the Biden administration, has faced criticism for targeting white peers based on their race. In a strongly worded July 2020 article published in the Air Force, Jonsson criticized white colonels within the military branch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":666,"featured_media":2009095,"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":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2009094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"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\/2009094","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\/666"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2009094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2009094\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2009095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2009094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2009094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2009094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}