{"id":2917,"date":"2022-01-28T20:40:22","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T19:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/2022\/01\/28\/vmi-leader-blasts-white-critics-of-diversity-in-scathing-facebook-post-thehill-the-hill\/"},"modified":"2022-01-28T20:40:22","modified_gmt":"2022-01-28T19:40:22","slug":"vmi-leader-blasts-white-critics-of-diversity-in-scathing-facebook-post-thehill-the-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/2022\/01\/28\/vmi-leader-blasts-white-critics-of-diversity-in-scathing-facebook-post-thehill-the-hill\/","title":{"rendered":"VMI leader blasts white critics of diversity in scathing Facebook post | TheHill &#8211; The Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cfbc967f0983488262956e73eca9483a\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3859091246952232\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- blok -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3859091246952232\" data-ad-slot=\"1334354390\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n\n<\/div>\n<p>       &copy; 1998-2022 Nexstar Media Inc.<br \/>       All Rights Reserved     <br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Former Army Maj. Gen. <a class=\"rollover-people-link\" href=\"\/person\/cedric-t-wins\">Cedric T. Wins<\/a>, the first Black superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute, wrote a strongly worded Facebook post last week in response to a person who accused VMI of teaching \u201ccritical race theory,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/dc-md-va\/2022\/01\/28\/vmi-wins-facebook-diversity-battle\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Washington Post reports<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Carmen D. Villani Jr., a white VMI alumnus, appeared on a Richmond radio show earlier this month, encouraging fellow alumni to ask the Virginia state legislature to \u201clook very seriously\u201d at the school&rsquo;s funding proposal and warning that critical race theory had \u201centered into the VMI realm.\u201d<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">VMI recently requested an extra $6.1 million in funding to pay for reforms after a state-ordered investigation found that the school harbors a \u201cracist and sexist culture.\u201d<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wins responded to Villani\u2019s comments in a VMI Facebook group of 3,700 members, telling him, \u201cYou advised the listeners to urge the members of the General Assembly to \u2018look very seriously\u2019 at VMI\u2019s funding request, a request you have no understanding about. VMI\u2019s funding request will pale in comparison to that of the other public colleges in the state. You have no understanding of DEI [Diversity, Equity and Inclusion] or what it means, or how much of the funding for DEI is represented in our request.\u201d<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wins also rejected Villani\u2019s comment about critical race theory, calling it \u201ccategorically false.\u201d<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The additional $6.1 million requested by VMI would provide more funding for Title IX and diversity offices, pay for three admissions counselors geared toward underrepresented students and help rebrand Confederate tributes around the school.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Villani responded with his own post Thursday, claiming that he and Wins were \u201cable to find some common ground\u201d in a conversation they had after the disagreement. He said that the college should focus on \u201cequality\/ability not equity; inclusiveness based upon \u2018content of character.&rsquo;\u201d<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Results <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/state-watch\/556355-probe-finds-racist-and-sexist-culture-at-virginia-military-institute\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">released last year from a probe<\/a> by the Barnes &amp; Thornburg law firm \u00ab\u00a0found that institutional racism and sexism are present, tolerated, and left unaddressed at VMI.\u00a0\u00bb<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00ab\u00a0Although VMI has no explicitly racist or sexist policies that it enforces, the facts reflect an overall racist and sexist culture,\u00a0\u00bb it said.<\/span><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/thehill-v4.disqus.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthehill.com%2Fhomenews%2Fstate-watch%2F591798-vmi-leader-blasts-white-critics-of-diversity-in-scathing-facebook-post\">View the discussion thread.<\/a><br \/>The Hill 1625 K Street, NW Suite 900 Washington DC 20006 | 202-628-8500 tel | 202-628-8503 fax<br \/>The contents of this site are &copy; 1998 &#8211; 2022  Nexstar Media Inc. | All Rights Reserved. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/state-watch\/591798-vmi-leader-blasts-white-critics-of-diversity-in-scathing-facebook-post\">source<\/a><\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&copy; 1998-2022 Nexstar Media Inc. All Rights Reserved Former Army Maj. Gen. Cedric T. Wins, the first Black superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute, wrote a strongly worded Facebook post last week in response to a person who accused VMI of teaching \u201ccritical race theory,\u201d The Washington Post reports.Carmen D. 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