{"id":465914,"date":"2022-06-21T01:48:42","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T22:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/west-point-cadets-being-taught-critical-race-theory-report\/"},"modified":"2022-06-21T01:48:42","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T22:48:42","slug":"west-point-cadets-being-taught-critical-race-theory-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/west-point-cadets-being-taught-critical-race-theory-report\/","title":{"rendered":"#West Point cadets being taught Critical Race Theory: report"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3bba965ab1b\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3bba965ab1b\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/west-point-cadets-being-taught-critical-race-theory-report\/#%E2%80%9CWest_Point_cadets_being_taught_Critical_Race_Theory_report%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;West Point cadets being taught Critical Race Theory: report&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWest_Point_cadets_being_taught_Critical_Race_Theory_report%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;West Point cadets being taught Critical Race Theory: report&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The US Army has introduced Critical Race Theory to West Point cadets, new documents show, according to Fox <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> Digital.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cwoke\u201d lessons ask cadets about whiteness while encouraging them to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ly Critical Race Theory to their answers, according to documents obtained by Judicial Watch and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/west-point-cadets-taught-critical-race-theory-addressing-whiteness-docs-show\">given to Fox News<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The more than 600 documents were only handed over to Judicial Watch after the conservative organization sued the Department of Defense.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur military is under attack \u2013 from within,\u201d Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.judicialwatch.org\/crt-propaganda-at-west-point\/\">said in a press release.<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese documents show racist, anti-American CRT propaganda is being used to try to radicalize our rising generation of Army leadership at West Point.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Fox News, a slide that delved into \u201cWhiteness\u201d states: \u201cIn order to understand racial inequality and slavery, it is first necessary to address whiteness\u201d and the \u201cTake-for-grantedness of whiteness.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/west-point-graduation-2022-02.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"West Point\" class=\"wp-image-22735662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/west-point-graduation-2022-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/west-point-graduation-2022-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/west-point-graduation-2022-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>West Point cadets are being given lessons on \u201cwhiteness.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The slide also claims whiteness \u201cis a location of structural advantage, of race privilege,\u201d is \u201ca standpoint or place from which white people look at themselves and the rest of society\u201d and \u201crefers to a set of cultural practices that are usually unmarked and unnamed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another slide addresses affirmative action and asks \u201cDo you think Affirmative Action creates an environment for \u2018reverse discrimination? Use CRT to support your answer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A slide also poses the question \u201chow would you apply a tenant of CRT to this idea,\u201d referring to the difference between desegregation and integration.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/fitton-getty-01.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Tom Fitton\" class=\"wp-image-22735675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/fitton-getty-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/fitton-getty-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/fitton-getty-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton says \u201cour military is under attack \u2014 from within.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">The Washington Post via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In another slide, under Critical Race Theory, it states, \u201cracism is ordinary\u201d and \u201cWhite Americans have primarily benefited from civil rights legislation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An additional slide has a graphic that states \u201cModern Slavery in the USA\u201d with accompanying statements that say blacks are less likely than whites to have a college education, receive recommended medical screenings, receive a bank approval for a mortgage or get promoted at a job.<\/p>\n<p>It also states blacks are more likely than whites to live in poverty, be homicide victims or be incarnated.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News Digital wrote it reached out to DOD for comment on the documents but has yet to hear back.<\/p>\n<p>Judicial Watch uploaded all the documents it obtained from its FOIA request in its press release.<\/p>\n<p>A slide labeled \u201cEducating Future Officers for the Modern Battlefield\u201d states: \u201cRegardless of personal views, future leaders need to understand arguments on controversial issues and need to be prepared to thoughtfully answer questions when Soldiers ask about topics in the news, such as Critical Race Theory (CRT).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It also states \u201cboth CRT and criticisms of it as a theory comprise two lessons in one <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Social<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Science<\/a>s elective (non-core) course.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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