{"id":585966,"date":"2021-07-08T11:05:42","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T15:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=585966"},"modified":"2021-07-08T11:05:45","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T15:05:45","slug":"lawmaker-demands-removal-of-air-force-professor-who-promoted-critical-race-theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawmaker-demands-removal-of-air-force-professor-who-promoted-critical-race-theory\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawmaker Demands Removal of Air Force Professor Who Promoted Critical Race Theory"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Flawmaker-demands-removal-of-air-force-professor-who-promoted-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=585966&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 readability=\"31.04347826087\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/\">National Security<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">&#8216;If we allow this destructive ideology to be taught in our Military Service Academies, we will be responsible for this nation&#8217;s demise&#8217;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"736\" height=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1318665500_736x514-1.jpg\" class=\"w-full lazyload blur-up wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1318665500_736x514.jpg 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1318665500_736x514-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1318665500_736x514-703x491.jpg 703w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><figcaption class=\"absolute text-white p-4 w-full text-right text-xs bottom-0 bg-black opacity-75\">\n\t\t\t\tRep. Mark Green (R., Tenn.) \/ Getty Images\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/jack-beyrer\/\" title=\"Posts by Jack Beyrer\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Jack Beyrer<\/a> \u2022 July 8, 2021 10:58 am<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"71.129761904762\">\n<p><span>House Armed Services Committee member Mark Green (R., Tenn.) is calling for an Air Force Academy professor to be removed from her position after she championed teaching critical race theory in service academies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Associate professor <\/span><span>of political science Lynne Chandler Garc\u00eda penned an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2021\/07\/06\/military-academies-should-teach-critical-race-theory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>op-ed<\/span><\/a><span> Tuesday in the <\/span><i><span>Washington Post<\/span><\/i><span> arguing the controversial theory should be taught to cadets because it helps them &#8220;identify the structural racism and inequality that has been endemic in American society.&#8221; <\/span><span>Green, a West Point graduate and Army veteran, said Garc\u00eda&#8217;s remarks amount to a &#8220;full-throttled attack on our country&#8221; and disqualify the professor from teaching at the Air Force Academy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;Teaching our next generation that our country is fundamentally racist is not only propagandizing lies about our great nation, it will also undoubtedly leave an impact on our nation&#8217;s Armed Forces and national security,&#8221; Green wrot<\/span>e in a <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Rep_MarkGreen_Letter-to-Sec-Air-Force-CRT-4.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a> Wedne<span>sday to Acting Secretary of the Air Force John P. Roth. &#8220;This teaching is utterly incompatible with the principles in the Declaration of Independence and the Civil Rights Movement\u2014not to mention illegal. \u2026 If we allow this destructive ideology to be taught in our Military Service Academies, we will be responsible for this nation&#8217;s demise.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Department of the Air Force did not respond to a request to comment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Green&#8217;s letter comes after several Republicans <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/air-force-professor-wants-to-drill-cadets-on-critical-race-theory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hammered<\/a> the op-ed for sowing discord within the ranks. <\/span><span>Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.), a leader in the fight to root out critical race theory from the armed forces, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/cotton-rips-us-air-force-academy-prof-for-teaching-critical-race-theory-shes-trying-to-indoctrinate-cadets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> the professor&#8217;s op-ed shows political indoctrination is occurring in service academy classrooms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Garc\u00eda&#8217;s op-ed also contradicts testimony given by Pentagon leadership. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/fact-check-did-military-deny-teaching-critical-race-theory-1604069\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>told<\/span><\/a><span> lawmakers in a June 23 hearing that critical race theory is not taught to servicemembers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The professor&#8217;s column is only the latest in a spate of controversies related to critical race theory in the military. In May, the Space Force <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/lawmaker-calls-for-reinstatement-of-space-force-commander-after-firing-for-anti-critical-race-theory-comments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>relieved<\/span><\/a><span> an officer of his post for protesting the use of the divisive ideology in military diversity training.&nbsp;<\/span>West Point and the Naval Academy are also incorporating critical race theory into their curriculum and admissions practices, the <em>Washington <\/em><i>Free Beacon<\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/military-service-academies-go-woke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> in April. The report followed revelations that the chief of naval operations <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/navy-reading-list-includes-anti-racism-book-for-sailors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">included<\/a> books on &#8220;antiracism&#8221; on a reading list issued to sailors.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Security &#8216;If we allow this destructive ideology to be taught in our Military Service Academies, we will be responsible for this nation&#8217;s demise&#8217;  Rep. 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