Air Force Colonel in Line for Promotion Preaches DEI Agenda, Endorses CRT Book
Rob Bluey / @RobertBluey / August 17, 2023
Sen. Tommy Tuberville's prevention of the Senate’s mass confirmation of senior military promotions means each nominee gets scrutinized, including U.S. Air Force Col. Benjamin Jonsson, who promotes DEI and CRT and called fellow “white colonels” barriers to racial justice. Pictured: Jonsson gives remarks at a Black History Month luncheon at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, Feb. 24, 2022. (Photo: Alamy/Getty Images)
In the weeks following George Floyd’s death in 2020, a U.S. Air Force officer—currently awaiting promotion to brigadier general—accused his fellow “white colonels” of being the “biggest barriers” to addressing “racial injustice” in the military and being “blind to institutional racism.”
Col. Ben Jonsson’s 825-word commentary in the Air Force Times on July 1, 2020, recounts several examples of what he describes as “white defensiveness” in the aftermath of Floyd’s death. Jonsson concludes with an endorsement of critical race theory promoter Robin DiAngelo’s controversial book, “White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism.”
“Dear white colonel, it is time to give a damn. Aim High,” Jonsson wrote.
Earlier this year, President Joe Biden nominated Jonsson for a promotion. He’s currently one of more than 300 military officers awaiting U.S. Senate approval. Senate Democrats would like to rubber-stamp the promotions—including Jonsson’s—using an expedited Senate procedure known as unanimous consent, which bypasses consideration of each nominee individually.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/08/17/it-is-time-give-damn-air-force-colonel-lectures-fellow-white-colonels-institutional-racism/
