Rep. Mark Green Demands Removal of Air Force Academy Teacher Who Spoke Out in Support of Critical Race Theory
Tennessee | July 9, 2021
Representative Mark Green (R-TN-07) sent a letter on Thursday to John P. Roth, the acting secretary of the Air Force, urging the secretary to remove Professor Lynne Chandler García over her comments on Critical Race Theory (CRT).
García, a professor at the U.S. Air Force Academy, recently wrote an opinion piece in The Washington Post, where she highlighted her support for teaching CRT to her students.
“But we also acknowledge that the United States was founded on a duality: liberalism and equal rights on the one hand; inequality, inegalitarianism and second-class citizenship on the other,” García said in her piece.
Rep. Green argued in a statement that the comments made by the professor should disqualify her from teaching at the institution.
“Professor García’s comments on Critical Race Theory are utterly unacceptable and incompatible with the mission of our United States Military Service Academies. Disparaging the United States as a racist country should disqualify anyone from teaching at one of our country’s most prestigious institutions,” he said in a statement.
CRT has proven itself to be a dividing issue, even while the majority of Americans disapprove of its teachings….
(Excerpts from the Tennessee Star)