US Navy Removes Woke Books In Updated Reading List
Chrissy Clark - Yesterday 5:30 PM
The U.S. Navy removed three controversial books on racism from its Professional Reading Program list, according to a May 6 press release from the Chief of Naval Operations.
Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Admiral Mike Gilday released an updated list of the Navy’s reading list, which excludes three controversial titles included in the 2021 reading list. CNO’s 2021 version included titles such as Ibram X. Kendi’s “How to Be an Antiracist,” Michelle Alexander’s “The New Jim Crow,’ and Jason Pierceon’s “Sexual Minorities and Politics.”
Admiral Gilday appeared to be in favor of including the race-based books in years past, according to a report from Fox News. Gilday said that Kendi’s was included because “it evokes the author’s own personal journal in understanding barriers to true inclusion, the deep nuances of racism and racial inequalities.”
CNO’s 2022 reading list includes 12 books in a mix of writing genres “including fiction, non-fiction, military, strategy, management, and technology,” according to the office’s press release.
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