“Many of the people appointed in DEI departments act like gangsters, employing the Cancel Culture tactics of fear and intimidation to control their minions,” it reportedly added. Stonewall Jackson from the campus in Lexington. VMI removed the statue of Confederate Gen. The PAC recently posted an essay on its blog that DEI’s “purpose is to cow Americans into agreeing with the fundamental premise that white people are inherently and irredeemably racist,” according to the outlet. The Spirit of VMI also said in a statement that its criticism of Wins was not racially motivated. In November, Wins reportedly reacted to a cartoon by writing on Facebook that Daniel was “looking desperate and racist,” but later deleted the post and apologized to his “brother rat.” He declined to answer when the paper asked him about his role in the cartoons. Matt Daniel (left) and Wins are fellow “brother rats” at the famed military institution. The school’s DEI office, which will be renamed the Diversity, Opportunity and Inclusion office, is led by two black women - Jamica Love, who is on a leave of absence, and acting chief Briana Williams.ĭaniel, who once served as the cartoonist for the student paper, is believed to have created the mocking illustrations, according to the Washington Post. The PAC has posted cartoons on Facebook mocking Wins’ initiatives and published one in a newsletter showing a woman stuffed upside down inside a garbage can with a “DEI” sign, for diversity, equity and inclusion, the paper reported. Virginia Military Institute Superintendent Cedric Wins has come under fire by a group of conservative alumni who are slamming the school’s diversity, equity and inclusion drive. Spirit of VMI has questioned why the school’s Board of Visitors awarded Wins a $100,000 bonus on top of his annual salary of $656,000 - despite a 25 percent drop in enrollment. Close ranks,” one of the PAC’s websites declares, the newspaper reports. The Washington Post via Getty ImĮx-Marine Matt Daniel, 60, a fellow “brother rat,” as VMI classmates are known, founded a political action committee dubbed “Spirit of VMI” to fight the 183-year-old school’s new progressive efforts. A group of alumni of the Virginia Military Institute launched a political action committee over what they have called a “woke assault” at the school. The probe found that VMI had long tolerated a “racist and sexist culture” and needed to change.īut ever since VMI introduced new DEI initiatives, a group of well-funded, mostly white conservative alumni from 1985 - the year Wins graduated - has led an all-out assault on the woke efforts, according to the Washington Post. Ralph Northam, a Democrat and VMI alumnus, ordered an investigation into racism and the school board voted to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Binford Peay III resigned amid allegations of a racist culture at the venerable school. Wins became superintendent after serving in an interim capacity when Gen. He laid out a five-goal plan for “Inclusive Excellence” by citing the mission to “achieve and maintain a more diverse and inclusive student body, faculty, staff, and administration.” Cedric Wins, 60, launched diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives after taking the helm of VMI in October 2020. NYC backs off plan to house migrants in school gym - for nowĪ group of Virginia Military Institute alumni is at war with the school’s first black leader over his push to introduce “woke,” new diversity policies at the oldest public senior military college in the US. Virginia mom says activists threatened to ‘curb stomp’ her for speaking out against school curriculum High schooler sues school district, USDA for making her promote cow milkįormer middle school teacher accused of having 2-month ‘sexual relationship’ with student
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