Pentagon official forced to read anti-White statements from its diversity chief in congressional hearing

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Fox News

A senior Biden-appointed Pentagon official – Gil Cisneros – was forced to read and explain divisive statements against White people from one of his employees in a grilling hearing at the House Armed Services Committee Thursday. 

Cisneros – Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness – was responsible for determining the outcome of a probe into former DEI chief Kelisa Wing over divisive tweets about White people, which called them "Karen."

"Mr. Cisneros, are you familiar with the tweet? Can you please read the tweet aloud?" asked Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., about one of Wing's controversial posts. 

Cisneros read the post verbatim at the hearing, which said, "So exhausted at the White folks in these PD sessions. This lady actually had the caudacity to say Black people can be racist, too. I had to stop the session and give the Karen the business. We are not the majority. We don't have power."

 

"This is wildly inappropriate and unacceptable. Do you agree with that, Mr. Cisneros?" Stefanik asked. 

"I do agree that that is not acceptable. It's not condoned by… the Department of Defense," he said. 

However, the Pentagon said it will issue no disciplinary action to its former diversity, equity and inclusion chief, Wing, over her statements about White people.

Matt Gaetz, R-Fla, said, "I would like to go back to the tweets of the racist person that works for you. What does ‘Caudacity’ mean?"

"I have no idea," Cisneros said. :snip:

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Mar 23, 2023
At House Armed Services Committee hearing, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) grilled Gilbert Cisneros, Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness of the United States, about the tweets of Kelisa Wing, the DoD's schools DEI Chief.

 

Mar 23, 2023
Congresswoman Elise Stefanik announced that, following her advocacy, DoDEA DEI Chief Kelisa Wing has been removed from her position in military children’s schools, after using her position to promote her woke ideologies through her personal writings during Stefanik’s questioning of Gilbert R. Cisneros, the Department of Defense’s Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, at today’s subcommittee hearing on the impact of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Policies, Procedures, and Trainings within the Department of Defense (DoD).

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Dec 18, 2020
Kelisa Wing is the 2017 Department of Defense Education Activity Teacher of the Year

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Diversity

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Source: Definition for Diversity,  Queensborough Community College

The concept of diversity encompasses acceptance and respect. It means understanding that each individual is unique, and recognizing our individual differences. These can be along the dimensions of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, age, physical abilities, religious beliefs, political beliefs, or other ideologies. It is the exploration of these differences in a safe, positive, and nurturing environment. It is about understanding each other and moving beyond simple tolerance to embracing and celebrating the rich dimensions of diversity contained within each individual.

Diversity is a reality created by individuals and groups from a broad spectrum of demographic and philosophical differences. It is extremely important to support and protect diversity because by valuing individuals and groups free from prejudice and by fostering a climate where equity and mutual respect are intrinsic, we will create a success-oriented, cooperative, and caring community that draws intellectual strength and produces innovative solutions from the synergy of its people.

“Diversity” means more than just acknowledging and/or tolerating difference. Diversity is a set of conscious practices that involve:

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