A retired Brigadier General named Christopher Walker became an advisor to the Air Force's Office of Diversity and Inclusion, not because he supported DEI but because he wanted to take notes on what was happening and leak that information to outside sources. Gen. Walker was able to pull this charade off for nearly two years for one simple reason: He is black and everyone around him just assumed that meant he agreed with everything the DEI proponents were saying.
“No one delved into how I thought,” Walker told The Free Press. “They took one look at me and assumed I believed these things. I learned to listen and had to bite my tongue a lot.”...
Mookie recalled a private meeting in 2022 attended by generals and other key Pentagon staffers. At the meeting, Alex Wagner, the Air Force assistant secretary, asked the group to brainstorm ways to get the general public to accept drag shows on Air Force bases.
Close to retirement and with nothing to lose, Mookie finally spoke up. “I reminded the group that since the 1980s, the Air Force has not allowed lingerie shows,” he said. “They don’t allow burlesque shows. So why would we allow drag shows?”
That was a win but it was a rare one. In most cases Gen. Walker had to keep his opinions to himself to avoid being recognized as a DEI opponent. But over those two years he witnessed a lot. For instance, at a training course held at Georgetown University, the trainer announced white people were oppressors and Black and Hispanic people were oppressed. That's standard critical race theory stuff. Gen. Walker called it "old-fashioned propaganda" but other high ranking officials in the room applauded this.
The general consensus is that, among the various branches of service, the Air Force was leading the way on DEI. The parent of a cadet at the Air Force Academy told this outrageous story about blatant racism in the classroom.
About two years ago, my son had to take economics 101,” he told The Free Press. “It’s a basic core curriculum course, and there are probably about 15 cadets in the class. And the first three or four were females or minority cadets, and they’re all in uniform. And the instructor addresses them and says, ‘Oh, Cadet Gonzales, Cadet Smith, Cadet Jones.’ And she got to my son, and she says,`You'll be Cadet White Boy One.’ And she says to another white cadet, `You’ll be Cadet White Boy Two.’ My son said,`I beg your pardon, ma'am?’ She said, `All you white boys look alike. So you’re going to be White Boy 2, and the other boy over there will be White Boy One.’ ”
“This was on a Friday,” the man continued. “My son called me Friday afternoon, and he was quite distraught. He said, `Dad, I don’t know how to deal with this.’ And I just told him to pray about it. I said, `God uses everything for good, and we’ll work through this.’ He wanted to quit the academy.
But it wasn't limited to the Air Force. Retired Master Sgt. Earl Plumlee told the Free Press he saw it in the Green Berets too.
“If you’re a Green Beret, there’s only one metric for success, and that’s success. So when you have this diversity discussion, you’re just bringing an argument with no empirical facts. It’s like, Why are they bringing this to work? This is not a professional conversation. I mean, having guys explain their take on why their demographic has been struggling? Like, bro, everybody wanted you here. You met the metric. You’ve met the standards. You’re considered a standout performer across the board, and you’re being rewarded for it, right? What shackles are holding you back? You’re a Green Beret.”
The good news is that all of this is going to turn around very quickly under President Trump. Sunday, Sec. of Defense Pete Hegseth posted this on X.
The President’s guidance (lawful orders) is clear: No more DEI at @DeptofDefense.
— Pete Hegseth (@PeteHegseth) January 26, 2025
The Pentagon will comply, immediately.
No exceptions, name-changes, or delays. pic.twitter.com/KwRtxYRIbG
Remove everyone who has been putting DEI in place of merit. The military, of all places, needs to be a place where performance matters above everything else.
