Naval Academy Removes 381 Books From Library In DEI Purge: NYT & CBS News Play The 'Racist' Game

Posted • April 6, 2025: So this is going around today: Amy McGrath @AmyMcGrathKY: “I never thought I’d see a day when my own government is banning books at the US Naval Academy.” —— Back in 2021, this editor did a story about the Navy's recommended reading list to help “develop a seasoned team of naval warriors.” Among those books to develop a seasoned team of Naval warriors were were some particularly woke tomes, including Gemma Hartley’s “Fed Up: Emotional Labor, Women, and the Way Forward,” “Sexual Minorities and Politics: An Introduction,” "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarcertation in the Age of Colorblindness," and Ibram X. Kendi’s “How to Be an Antiracist,” which teaches that there’s no such thing for white people as being “not racist.” Of course, the legacy media, including the New York Times and CBS News, jumped on the list of 381 books that were being removed and found what they were looking for. CBS News reports:

“Books on the Holocaust, histories of feminism, civil rights and racism, and Maya Angelou's famous autobiography, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," were among the nearly 400 volumes removed from the U.S. Naval Academy's library this week after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's office ordered the school to get rid of ones that promote diversity, equity and inclusion. The Navy late Friday provided the list of 381 books that have been taken out of its library. The move marks another step in the Trump administration's far-reaching effort to purge so-called DEI content from federal agencies, including policies, programs, online and social media postings and curriculum at schools. In addition to Angelou's award-winning tome, the list includes "Memorializing the Holocaust," which deals with Holocaust memorials; "Half American," about African Americans in World War II; "A Respectable Woman," about the public roles of African American women in 19th century New York; and "Pursuing Trayvon Martin," about the 2012 shooting of the Black 17-year-old in Florida that raised questions about racial profiling.”

We're certain the book about Trayvon Martin tells the real story. I think it’s a good thing when our military academies stop indoctrinating our future military officers with woke commie bullshit. The last place racial division should be stoked is in the military. Common sense is returning. Why does the US Navy Academy have ANY poetry books? Something to recite on long sea voyages after they swab the decks and shiver the timbers? (…)

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CBS News: Holocaust book, Maya Angelou's autobiography among nearly 400 items pulled from Naval Academy library in DEI purge
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dei-purge-holocaust-book-maya-angelou-memoir-pulled-from-naval-academy-library/