{"id":585229,"date":"2021-07-07T14:05:55","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T18:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=585229"},"modified":"2021-07-07T14:05:56","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T18:05:56","slug":"air-force-professor-wants-to-drill-cadets-on-critical-race-theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/air-force-professor-wants-to-drill-cadets-on-critical-race-theory\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Force Professor Wants to Drill Cadets on 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\">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%2Fair-force-professor-wants-to-drill-cadets-on-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=585229&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:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233122156_736x514.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Even as lawmakers consider bills to crack down on political indoctrination within the military, one Air Force Academy professor said future officers must be trained in critical race theory.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Associate professor of political science Lynne Chandler Garc\u00eda championed the controversial ideology, which brands American society as inherently racist,&nbsp;in a Tuesday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2021\/07\/06\/military-academies-should-teach-critical-race-theory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">op-ed<\/a> in the <em>Washington Post.<\/em> Garc\u00eda said she uses concepts from the ideology in her classroom, as they help cadets &#8220;identify the structural racism and inequality that has been endemic in American society.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;The United States was founded on a duality: liberalism and equal rights on the one hand; inequality, inegalitarianism and second-class citizenship on the other,&#8221; Garc\u00eda said. &#8220;Racism was ingrained in the system from the beginning, and the military still struggles with these issues.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Chris Stewart (R., Utah), an Air Force veteran, told the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> that the critical race theory promoted by Garc\u00eda has &#8220;absolutely no place in our military.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our foreign adversaries, whether it be Russia or China, are getting stronger every day. The focus of our armed forces should be singular: Prepare to fight; prepare for the mission,&#8221; Stewart said. &#8220;It&#8217;s true that America is imperfect. It&#8217;s also true that America is the greatest force for good in human history. Critical race theory is an inaccurate retelling of that history through the lens of wokeness.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Garc\u00eda has taught at the Air Force Academy, where she specializes in teaching American politics and foreign policy, for four years, according to her LinkedIn. Garc\u00eda&#8217;s use of critical race theory tracks closely with other reports of an increasingly &#8220;woke&#8221; environment at military service academies. In April, the <em>Washington<\/em> <em>Free<\/em> <em>Beacon<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/military-service-academies-go-woke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> that both the Naval Academy and West Point employ concepts from critical race theory in diversity documents and issue readings from critical theorists such as Ibram X. Kendi.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Many lawmakers have hammered the use of the divisive concept in service academies and the military broadly. Critics say critical race theory undermines unit cohesion and distracts from the military&#8217;s primary mission of defending the country. Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.), an Army veteran, <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/critical-race-theory-most-corrosive-on-military\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called<\/a> critical race theory the &#8220;most corrosive&#8221; influence within the military.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even as lawmakers consider bills to crack down on political indoctrination within the military, one Air Force Academy professor said future officers must be trained in critical race theory. 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