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Top Intelligence Official Promoted ‘White Fragility’ Recommendation

Top Intelligence Official Promoted ‘White Fragility’ Recommendation
Lt. Gen. Robert Ashley, Jr., director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, speaks about national security issues at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington on Sept. 17, 2018. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
7/14/2020|Updated: 7/16/2020

The director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) passed on a recommendation to read “White Fragility,” whose author argues that any gains the United States has made since its founding have come “through identity politics.”

Lt. Gen. Robert Ashley Jr., the DIA director, mentioned in a recent townhall and in his weekly email to employees that a DIA officer recommended reading “White Fragility,” a spokesman for the agency told The Epoch Times in an email.

Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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