Navy Chief Of Operations to Congress: “There’s Racism In The Navy Just Like There’s Racism In Our Country”
Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Michael Gilday, the Navy’s highest-ranking officer, defended his decision to recommend the book “How To Be An Antiracist” by Ibram Kendi to Navy sailors at a Congressional hearing on Tuesday.
“Initially you mentioned critical race theory. I’m not a theorist. I’m the Chief of Naval Operations,” Gilday said What I can tell you is factually, based on a substantial amount of time talking to sailors in the fleet, there’s racism in the Navy just like there’s racism in our country. And the way we’re going to get after it is to be honest about it, not to sweep it under the rug, and to talk about it.”
“This is a bigger issue than Kendi’s book. What this is really about is trying to paint the United States military, and in this case, the United States Navy as weak, as woke. We are not weak,” he said.