Defense Department Official’s ‘Racial Justice’ Book Series Now Being Carried in Many DoD K-12 Schools

Recent audits revealed that K-12 schools run by the U.S. Department of Defense are equipped with hundreds of weapons. “Racial Justice in America” Books written by DoD diversity officials on the side raise questions about conflicts and self-dealing within the department.

OpenTheBooks.com, an independent organization that monitors the books and other information, published a report on Thursday. report On their recent audit of DoDEA (Department of Defence Education Activity), the DoD branch responsible for education curriculums for minor children of servicemen. According to the audit, 45 DoDEA schools had 606 books in January, according to Kelisa Wing, DoDEA’s chief for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

Wing’s books form part of a series called “Racial Justice in America” Feature titles and descriptions “Jim Crow and Policing,” “What Does it Mean To Defund the Police,” “What is White Privilege,” “What is Anti-Racism” And “What is the Black Lives Matter Movement,” Among others. Fox News reported The book “What is White Privilege” Includes the passage: “White privilege hurts a lot of people. If you are White you might feel bad about hurting others or you might feel afraid to lose this privilege.” The book “What is Anti-Racism” She also allegedly claims that Nazi Germany introduced the modern concept of race. This is referred to as the “The” in the book. “German National Party” The Nazi party was in fact called the National Socialist Germany Workers’ Party.

Wing was once under scrutiny racially charged tweets She was also scrutinized and criticized for her involvement in the “Racial Justice in America” The DoDEA curriculum is being integrated with her views on race through the book series.

DoDEA runs 160 K-12 schools in 11 different countries, seven U.S. state and two territories.

OpenTheBooks.com conducted an audit of the DoDEA in October last year to determine how many Wing’s books were available in DoDEA school libraries. The group found that the DoDEA had 45 Wing’s children’s book copies in 11 schools.

In their latest audit, OpenTheBooks.com found that the number had grown to 606 copies in 49 DoDEA schools—a 1,200 percent increase in the availability of her books in DoDEA schools following the heightened scrutiny of her racial views. OpenTheBooks.com’s audit report provides direct links You can access the library inventory portals of various DoDEA schools.

Wing received praise from a DoDEA employee who read her book to a 4th-grader class.

Our Friday Featured Author for this week was DoDEA TOY Kelisa Wing. Wow. Wow. It was a wonderful light and joy to be with her. She inspired my students to understand and write. “feedback is a gift”. I am so grateful for the opportunity to spend time with my fourth grade class. @kelisa_l2teach pic.twitter.com/2S7ViHAT8G

— Michelle McCann (@makemathstick) October 2, 2020

Ethics

DoDEA has standards Code of conduct concerning potential conflicts of interests. These standards prohibit DoDEA employees selling to colleagues, and prevent employees from taking part in DoD matters that could have an effect. “covered relationships” Such as “someone with whom you have or seek to have a business relationship.”

NTD reached out DoDEA about ethics around the possible purchase or promotion books by Wing’s outside business associates including coauthors and publishers. DoDEA did not respond before publication.

A February interview Wing confirmed that she did not promote her books to DoDEA and received no royalties from sales of the books.

‘Wokeness’ in the Military

The DoDEA brought hundreds of Wing’s books to its K-12 school libraries, at a moment when the military is being criticized for how it promotes. “wokeness.”

In the summer of 2020, as protests and riots over racial unrest spread throughout the country, the U.S. Army was caught sharing a training slide This was the first-President Donald Trump’s list. “Make America Great Again” Campaign slogan is an example of “covert white supremacy.”

In 2021, Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL) shared allegations of critical race theory Training and seminars are being held at the U.S. Military Academy, West Point.

Recent surveys indicate that both sides are increasingly concerned. civilians And active-military members, The military is increasingly being politicized

Democratic lawmakers have denied that the military had become politicized. In a January interview with Military.com: Rep. Pat Ryan (D.N.Y.), stated that it is the Republican claims of woke political infiltration into the military that are undermining public confidence in the U.S. army, and not the policies themselves.

“I have zero time for the political distractions and BS, and I will very aggressively call that out,” Ryan, a West Point grad and Army veteran, said the following:

Some military leaders have also defended the so-called “woke” Military policies

A June 2021 congressional hearing was held to address critical race theory by Gen. Mark Milley, Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff said It is important that military personnel understand the importance of “be widely read” Before saying “I want to understand white rage, and I’m white.”

Wing defends her past racially-charged remarks in her recent interview for Military Times. Wing stated that she was open to her political and racial commentary outside of her DoDEA job.

From NTD News