Courtesy of NPR:
After racial slurs were scrawled outside black students' doors at the U.S. Air Force Academy's preparatory school, Superintendent Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria gathered all 4,000 cadets in a hall Thursday so they could hear one message: Treat people with dignity and respect — or get out.
"That kind of behavior has no place at the prep school, it has no place at USAFA, and it has no place in the United States Air Force," Silveria said, in a speech that has found an enthusiastic reception after it was recorded and published online. "You should be outraged not only as an airman, but as a human being."
Speaking to a crowd of some 5,500 people that included faculty, coaches, airstrip personnel, and senior officers and staff of the 10th Air Base Wing that includes the academy, Silveria urged them not to let their institution be taken away from them.
"The appropriate response for horrible language and horrible ideas — the appropriate response is a better idea," Silveria said. "So that's why I'm here. That's why all these people are here."
Did you notice he vaguely referenced Donald Trump while talking about what's going on in this country?
Because I noticed he vaguely referenced Donald Trump while talking about what's going on in this country?
I really like the fact that they addressed what happened in Charlottesville and Ferguson, that is good leadership.
And I would hate to the be the asshole who scrawled those racist messages on the white board, because clearly this man is looking for an ass to kick.
(Perhaps that was the guy who opened fire on campus yesterday.)
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After racial slurs were scrawled outside black students' doors at the U.S. Air Force Academy's preparatory school, Superintendent Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria gathered all 4,000 cadets in a hall Thursday so they could hear one message: Treat people with dignity and respect — or get out.
"That kind of behavior has no place at the prep school, it has no place at USAFA, and it has no place in the United States Air Force," Silveria said, in a speech that has found an enthusiastic reception after it was recorded and published online. "You should be outraged not only as an airman, but as a human being."
Speaking to a crowd of some 5,500 people that included faculty, coaches, airstrip personnel, and senior officers and staff of the 10th Air Base Wing that includes the academy, Silveria urged them not to let their institution be taken away from them.
"The appropriate response for horrible language and horrible ideas — the appropriate response is a better idea," Silveria said. "So that's why I'm here. That's why all these people are here."
Did you notice he vaguely referenced Donald Trump while talking about what's going on in this country?
Because I noticed he vaguely referenced Donald Trump while talking about what's going on in this country?
I really like the fact that they addressed what happened in Charlottesville and Ferguson, that is good leadership.
And I would hate to the be the asshole who scrawled those racist messages on the white board, because clearly this man is looking for an ass to kick.
(Perhaps that was the guy who opened fire on campus yesterday.)
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