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Every day it seems there’s an article about the first woman to do something<\/a> in the Air Force (with an all-female crew<\/a>), or the Army<\/a> (again<\/a>), or both together<\/a>, or the first black woman<\/a> to do something in the Air Force, or the first Sikh woman to do something<\/a> in the Army, or how many different ways the Air Force can launch aircraft (or ICBMs<\/a>) with only one skin color or gender on board<\/a> (and the Navy does it<\/a>, too).<\/p>\n See “Diversity: You’re Doing it Wrong<\/a>.”<\/p>\n Yet, somehow, the US military, and the US Air Force in particular, manage to be accused of<\/a> institutional racism, gender discrimination, religious extremism, and intolerance — by those very same people<\/em><\/a>. In recent days, US Air Force and other military leaders have been practically tripping over themselves running<\/a> to microphones<\/a>, hand-wringing and expressing contrition for unclear — or imagined — affronts. Or, in other cases, those leaders are simply making direct accusations against their own Service [emphasis added, capitalization original]: <\/p>\n <\/p>\n I believe that we have not made much progress in this area of racial injustice<\/strong> and diversity among our ranks…<\/p>\n I am committed to seeing a better future for this nation. A future where…Black Airmen have the same chance to succeed as their White counterparts<\/strong>. — CMSAF Kaleth O. Wright<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Think about that. Chief Wright — in a monologue entitled “We can do better<\/a>” — is ending<\/em> his three-year tenure as the top-ranking enlisted Airman in the entire US Air Force<\/em>. He made it to the top, while his peers of varying skin colors did not — yet rather than lauding the virtues of the Air Force and the opportunities it gave him, Wright laments and can only hope for a future where “Black Airmen [and] White Airmen…have the same chance to succeed.”<\/p>\n If his accusations are true, has not a diverse<\/em> group of people — he among them — led<\/em><\/strong> the Air Force in that direction? As the top enlisted Airmen in the Air Force, is CMSAF Wright not responsible<\/strong> for the conditions in which he claims “Black Airmen [and] White Airmen” do not have the same chance to succeed?<\/p>\n Chief Wright’s racially charged language continued with his “greatest fear”:<\/p>\n I will wake up to a report that one of our Black Airmen has died at the hands of a white police officer.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Chief Wright doesn’t explain why<\/em> that is his greatest fear. During Chief Wright’s tenure as the CMSAF, a person shot to death by a police officer was statistically more likely<\/a> to be white. Why should he fear a “Black Airman” being killed more than a “White” one? What difference does the color of the skin of the police officer make to Chief Wright?<\/p>\n Clearly it is important, because Chief Wright also said<\/p>\n I am George Floyd. I am Philando Castile, I am Michael Brown, I am Alton Sterling, I am Tamir Rice.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Why did Chief Wright not say “I am Elio Carrion<\/a>?” Unlike the Chief’s list, Carrion did not commit a crime, attack a police officer, or point a weapon at an armed law enforcement officer. Unlike the civilians Chief Wright listed, Carrion was a US Air Force Senior Airman serving in the same Air Force as Wright. Carrion — unarmed, and obeying the commands of a police officer — was shot multiple times. The officer was not charged. Carrion lived. There were no riots.<\/p>\n Is Chief Wright not SrA Carrion because the Senior Airman was the wrong skin color, as was the police officer who shot him? What are other Airmen to make of Chief Wright’s selective, skin-color-based outrage — particularly if “they<\/em> are SrA Carrion”?<\/p>\n Potentially worse, those same leaders have personally identified<\/em> racism in the ranks<\/a> that isn’t even being talked<\/em> about [emphasis added]:<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m thinking about being a captain at the [officers] club with my squadron and being told by other African Americans that I wasn\u2019t black enough<\/strong> since I was spending more time with my squadron than with them.\u201d — Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., incoming Chief of Staff of the Air Force<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Where, in this great social upheaval on race, is anyone talking about that<\/em> racism?<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/wright2-238x300.jpg\")
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