Air Force Academy Professor Defends Teaching of Critical Race Theory

Air Force Academy Professor Defends Teaching of Critical Race Theory
Members of the U.S. Air Force Academy Class of 2021 salute during their graduation ceremony at Falcon Stadium in Colorado Springs, Colo., on May 26, 2021. Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images
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A professor at U.S. Air Force Academy is arguing that Critical Race Theory (CRT) should be taught to cadets of all military schools, so that they have a “sensitive understanding” of “inequality” supposedly embedded in the Constitution, to which they have sworn to defend.

Lynne Chandler Garcia, who teaches political science at the USAFA (U.S. Air Force Academy) in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Tuesday published an op-ed in the Washington Post, in which she voiced support for Chairman Of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Mark Milley. During a June 23 hearing before the House Armed Services Committee, the 4-star general said he didn’t see an issue with service members studying Marxism or CRT, which is rooted in Marxist theory of class struggle but with a focus on race.
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