Navy Chief Dodges Questions on Ibram Kendi’s Extremism After Recommending His Book to Sailors
Kristina Wong 15 Jun 2021
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday on Tuesday defended putting Ibram X. Kendi’s book How to Be an Anti-Racist on the Navy’s list of books every United States sailor should read, under grilling from Republican Study Committee Chairman Jim Banks (R-IN) at a House hearing.
Banks, a U.S. Navy reservist, began by asking Gilday if he agreed with Kendi’s past statements and views in his book that Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett is a “white colonizer” because she adopted two children from Haiti, and that capitalism is essentially racist.
Gilday responded, “Here’s what I know, Congressman. There’s racism in the United States Navy.”
Banks cut off Gilday, “It’s a yes or no question, Admiral. Admiral, you recommended that every sailor in the United States Navy read this book.”
Gilday responded, “I’m not forcing anybody to read the book. It’s on a recommended reading list.”
Banks then asked Gilday if he read the book, to which Gilday confirmed, “I did.”
more
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/06/15/navy-chief-defends-putting-ibram-x-kendis-book-how-to-be-an-anti-racist-on-reading-list/
