The head of the Air Force Academy gathered 5,500 cadets, faculty,
staff and cadet candidates Thursday to deliver a powerful message after
racial slurs were found written on message boards at the academy’s
preparatory school.
“If you can’t treat someone with dignity and
respect, then get out,” Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria told the group at the
culmination of a forceful five-minute lecture on the “power of
diversity.”
Five black cadet candidates at the Academy’s
Preparatory School woke up Monday morning to messages saying “go home”
followed by an anti-black slur, according to a statement released by the academy.
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1 comment:
Bravo! About time somebody got up and spoke so eloquently about the horrible racism we still have in America.
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