Air Force Colonel Benjamin R. Jonsson

Chief of Staff, Air Mobility Command Scott Air Force Base

Posted: March 25, 2025

Retired: June 30, 2025

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

Helped lead diversity and inclusion panel in 2021

Served as Vice Superintendent of the Air Force Academy which was under fire over woke indoctrination.

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