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U.S. Air Force
Colonel Benjamin R. Jonsson
Chief of Staff, Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base
Retired: June 2025⚠ Key Findings
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Wrote articled entitled: "Dear white colonel … we must address our blind spots around race"
- "Defensiveness is a predictable response by white people to any discussion of racial injustice"
- Says white colonels are "largely blind to institutional racism"
- Recommends Robin DiAngelo's "White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism" at the end of the article
- 2 Helped lead diversity and inclusion panel in 2021
- 3 Served as Vice Superintendent of the Air Force Academy which was under fire over woke indoctrination.
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