{"id":42270,"date":"2017-11-15T00:30:21","date_gmt":"2017-11-15T03:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/?p=42270"},"modified":"2017-11-15T01:49:43","modified_gmt":"2017-11-15T04:49:43","slug":"ltgen-silveria-receives-award-for-response-to-hoax-racism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/15\/ltgen-silveria-receives-award-for-response-to-hoax-racism\/","title":{"rendered":"LtGen Silveria Receives Award for Response to Hoax Racism"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"On Monday US Air Force Academy Superintendent LtGen Jay Silveria appeared<\/a> at the Anti-Defamation League’s “Never is Now<\/a>” Summit on Anti-Semitism, where he spoke<\/a> on diversity. According to a USAFA press release, he accepted an award for his response to the racial slurs written at the USAFA Prep School — which are now known to have been a hoax.<\/p>\n

Oddly, the press release doesn’t say what the award was, though the ADL said it was their “Americanism<\/a>” award.<\/p>\n

\"\"USAFA noted\u00a0only that<\/p>\n

Scott Levin, director of the ADL’s Mountain States’ Region, applauded the Academy for combatting racism and bigotry, and for “swiftly, clearly and forcefully accessing [sic] the racial slurs at the Air Force Academy Preparatory School,” Levin said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

USAFA’s response was, indeed, “swift” — so swift, in fact, that some cautioned they were jumping to conclusions. Those reactions now seem prescient.<\/p>\n

If handled correctly, the USAFA story can still be an effective learning point: People often assume — as many did about USAFA — that a “racist incident” is perpetrated by a person of one<\/em> skin color against one of another.<\/em><\/p>\n

USAFA has reminded us “racism and bigotry” can occur even between people who look alike — even if our “racist” stereotypical assumptions color our reactions to such incidents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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