Air Force Academy Instructional Materials Include Presentations on Critical Race Theory, White Privilege, and Black Lives Matter

2022-02-15

Sr. DOD Advisor: Military Needs Minorities to Retain Competitive Edge, Achieve Critical Missions

Source: Judicial Watch

Pushing a Department of Defense initiative to recruit and promote minorities, a senior Pentagon official proclaimed that diversity, equity and inclusion will help the U.S. military achieve critical missions and make forces more lethal. Bishop Garrison is a senior advisor to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin who worked as a defense official under Obama and a foreign policy advisor on Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.

2023-07-07

Air Force Academy Instructional Materials Include Presentations on Critical Race Theory, White Privilege, and Black Lives Matter

Source: Judicial Watch

Judicial Watch received 478 pages of records from the United States Air Force Academy that include instructional materials and emails that address topics such as Critical Race Theory, “white privilege,” and Black Lives Matter. Various slides promote BLM, including one depicting a white police officer holding a sign pointing to a black man, asking, “Is his life worth less than mine?”

2022-09-29

Judicial Watch Sues on Behalf of Military Group for Air Force Academy Critical Race Theory Records

Source: Judicial Watch

Judicial Watch filed a FOIA lawsuit on behalf of Stand Together Against Racism and Radicalism in the Services, Inc. (STARRS) for U.S. Air Force Academy records regarding “systemic racism,” as well as records of critical race theory at the Academy.