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2023-09-17 -Great Cultural Revolution

Biden's Air Force Nominee Believes It's ‘Naive' For Service Members To Doubt The Military's ‘Institutional Racism'

[Federalist] An Air Force lieutenant general nominated by President Joe Biden once claimed U.S. service members are "naive" to believe that so-called "institutional racism" and "unconscious bias" don’t affect the military.

Last week, the Air Force Times reported that Biden tapped Lt. Gen. Jim Slife "to serve as the Air Force’s next vice chief of staff." If ultimately confirmed by the Senate, Slife, who currently serves as the branch’s deputy chief of staff for operations, would be promoted to a four-star general and become the "No. 2 officer" in the Air Force.

While much of the Times’ article focuses on Slife’s military service, it neglects to mention the lieutenant general’s flirtation with racialist politics. In the days following the May 2020 death of George Floyd, Slife authored a message claiming he was "bothered" by Floyd’s death and that the Air Force "is a reflection of our society, so, by extension," the matter is "an Air Force issue."

"We’d be naive to think issues of institutional racism and unconscious bias don’t affect us," Slife wrote. "We can’t ignore it. We have to face it. And to face it, we have to talk about it."

In his memo, Slife further asserted that it’s important for the military to "listen to other perspectives and accept them as valid, but perhaps incomplete." He also said that he is "limited in [his] perspective" and described how he’s a "middle-aged white man who grew up in a middle class family in a predominantly white area ... [and has] been in ’the majority’ in almost every organization [he’s] ever been in."

Posted by Besoeker 2023-09-17 03:11|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2023-09-17 04:45|| 2023-09-17 04:45|| Front Page Top

#2 How about “no” on his confirmation.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-09-17 07:41|| 2023-09-17 07:41|| Front Page Top

#3 Tuberville is right. They're top heavy with four star paper pushers, and institutional CYA may well be why our overpriced military can't seem to actually perform it's function, i.e. win a war.

Posted by ed in texas 2023-09-17 09:11|| 2023-09-17 09:11|| Front Page Top

#4 Institutional capture is an insoluble problem. Sunset everything and everyone in gummint every 10 years.

Do the same for "foundations."

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-09-17 09:15|| 2023-09-17 09:15|| Front Page Top

#5 /\ Do the same for "foundations."

Amen! Foundations and so-called 'non-for-profits' are little more than tax avoidance, money laundering schemes.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-09-17 09:25|| 2023-09-17 09:25|| Front Page Top

#6 Do well or die! Yeah, that's some racism right there. Let me guess that this prize catch is as white as driven snow. I ain't gonna look up its picture.

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2023-09-17 15:50|| 2023-09-17 15:50|| Front Page Top

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