Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) training and policies are harming the development of cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado, according to a retired Air Force lieutenant general and a parent whose son is at the academy.
The Epoch Times spoke to Rod Bishop, Air Force Lt. Gen. (ret.) and chairman of the board for the advocacy group Stand Together Against Racism and Radicalism in the Services. Mr. Bishop, who has befriended several cadets attending the academy, said he has heard numerous stories about what some of the cadets are experiencing.
He said, in a recent incident, a civilian professor began a semester calling white male cadets in the classroom “white boy number one, white boy number two, and white boy number three, because all you white boys look alike.” In another classroom, white cadets were asked to give an example of their “white privilege,” he said. Cadets have also been taught that calling their parents mom and dad could be offensive and calling them guardians or parents would be more inclusive, he added….