'My greatest fear is...that I wake up one day and one of our airmen will be George Floyd.' Chief of Staff of the Air Force and the Chief Master Sergeant engaged in a powerful conversation about understanding in a time of unrest amid George Floyd protests.
of the Air Force, Kaleth Wright, asked a question on Twitter:"Who am I?" But it was the answer to that question that went viral and sparked a candid conversation with Air Force leadership.
"This, my friends, is my greatest fear, not that I will be killed by a white police officer ... But that I will wake up to a report that one our Black Airmen has died at the hands of a white police officer." Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein and Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Kaleth Wright sat down for a candid conversation about race.
The Air Force's decision to reach out to its force earlier this week seems to have been a purposeful choice. The Washington Post reported on Tuesday that senior Pentagon officials had directed military service chiefs to keep quiet about the issues, despite some expressing interest in responding. Army leadership acknowledged that racial divisions in America"live in the Army as well" and that those division"erode the trust" that the American people place in the U.S. military.
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