US Air Force to resume teaching video on Black, female pilots after DEI review
Source: Reuters
January 26, 2025 6:17 PM EST Updated 11 hours ago
WASHINGTON, Jan 26 (Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force said on Sunday it will resume instruction of trainees using a video about the first Black airmen in the U.S. military, known as the Tuskegee Airmen, which has passed review to ensure compliance with President Donald Trump's ban on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
Trump, who took office on Jan. 20, has prohibited DEI throughout the U.S. government and the U.S. military. New Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who was sworn in on Friday, has made eliminating DEI from the military a top priority.
Reuters reported on Saturday that the video about the Tuskegee Airmen as well as another about civilian women pilots trained by the U.S. military during World War Two, known as "Women Air Force Service Pilots," or WASPs, were not being taught in basic training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland pending a review.
The move was first reported by the San Antonio Express-News, and it created an uproar, including in Alabama, home to the training base in Tuskegee where the airmen got their name. Alabama Senator Katie Boyd Britt, in a post on social media platform X, described the decision to pause teaching the videos as "malicious compliance" with the DEI review. Hegseth responded on X: "We're all over it Senator. This will not stand." The Air Force on Sunday said both videos will be taught.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-air-force-says-it-will-teach-video-first-black-pilots-after-dei-review-2025-01-26/
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I don't know, but if I were a person of color, I would not want to throw in with people who have shown that they don't care about contributions unless it is a white person. They were already whining about their 'quota' for new recruits. 