US Navy chief quietly takes woke books off the reading list
‘Fox & Friends Weekend’ co-host Will Cain unpacks DeSantis’ pushback against woke corporations and their politics.Professional Reading Program that provoked outrage last year were absent in an updated reading list released Friday. includes 12 books in the genres of fiction, non-fiction, military, strategy, management, and technology.
Missing from the list were the titles Ibram X. Kendi’s"How to Be an Antiracist," Michelle Alexander’s"The New Jim Crow" and Jason Pierceson’s"Sexual Minorities and Politics" – all of which were included on the Navy’s 2021 reading list. Gilday responded at the time that the Kendi’s book was included because"it evokes the author’s own personal journal in understanding barriers to true inclusion, the deep nuances of racism and racial inequalities." Gilday said the goal of the program is to foster the continued education and growth – both personal and professional – of sailors.
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