Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria: The Air Force Academy boss whose racism speech went viral – The Washington Post

Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria had an important message for U.S. Air Force Academy cadets at a moment of crisis.

Five black cadet candidates at the academy’s preparatory school in Colorado Springs had found racial slurs written on the message boards on their doors.

Silveria, who took over as the school’s superintendent in August, urged cadets to reach for their phones.

“I want you to videotape this so you have it, so you can use it — so that we all have the moral courage together,”…

Source: Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria: The Air Force Academy boss whose racism speech went viral – The Washington Post