Navy Removes Controversial Books From Sailors’ Reading List

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Navy Removes Controversial Books From Sailors’ Reading List

Navy Removes Controversial Books From Sailors’ Reading List

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“The U.S. Navy has removed certain books from its recommended reading list that were accused of containing “anti-American” or “Marxist” content last year.
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday released on May 6 an updated version of the Professional Reading Program (CNO-PRP), which includes a list of recommended books as part of the Navy’s effort to help develop the professionalism of all sailors.
The shortened list, compared to the 2021 version, is missing controversial titles including “How to Be an Antiracist” by Ibram X. Kendi, “Sexual Minorities and Politics: An Introduction” by Jason Pierceson, and “The New Jim Crow” by Michelle Alexander.
Gilday had said at that time that he would not remove certain books from his list as he wants all Navy personnel to achieve the same level of “self-reflection.” Yet he admitted that he did not approve of every viewpoint of the listed books.”

Thank goodness they’re not wasting time and resources teaching sailors seamanship, damage control, war fighting and other useless crap like that!
Terry

 

[Inglis]

Next the Navy will issue purple undies

 

[Chuckman]

I am very pleased to see they removed those books. There was a huge uproar when that list came out.

 

[Diablos]

nobody reads those stupid books anyway, its more of a way for higher ranking morons to make themselves feel important

 

[Derek8404]

Navy Removes Controversial Books From Sailors’ Reading List

Navy Removes Controversial Books From Sailors’ Reading List

www.theepochtimes.com

“The U.S. Navy has removed certain books from its recommended reading list that were accused of containing “anti-American” or “Marxist” content last year.
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday released on May 6 an updated version of the Professional Reading Program (CNO-PRP), which includes a list of recommended books as part of the Navy’s effort to help develop the professionalism of all sailors.
The shortened list, compared to the 2021 version, is missing controversial titles including “How to Be an Antiracist” by Ibram X. Kendi, “Sexual Minorities and Politics: An Introduction” by Jason Pierceson, and “The New Jim Crow” by Michelle Alexander.
Gilday had said at that time that he would not remove certain books from his list as he wants all Navy personnel to achieve the same level of “self-reflection.” Yet he admitted that he did not approve of every viewpoint of the listed books.”

Thank goodness they’re not wasting time and resources teaching sailors seamanship, damage control, war fighting and other useless crap like that!
Terry

I don’t understand your comment, who’s saying they’re not teaching those Seamanship skills? They REMOVED those books from the read list, this is a (honestly surprising) step in the right direction against “wokeism”.

 

[Chuckman]

nobody reads those stupid books anyway, its more of a way for higher ranking morons to make themselves feel important

The history and strategy books, I read those. And some of the biographies. I still have some of them. But I did not read all the books on the list for sure.

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It is that bottom section that has/had the problematic books.