Remember the race scandal at the Air Force Academy Prep School about 6 weeks ago which led to the school’s superintendent, Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria, to rip into the cadet corps with this blistering speech?
"If you can't treat someone with dignity and respect, get out." Air Force Academy Lt. General gives speech on race: https://t.co/X9O6jBF9V8 pic.twitter.com/X8Um7IKez2
— CBS News (@CBSNews) September 30, 2017
Well, guess what — the underlying incident has now been determined to be a hoax:
Another hoax. This was the one that inspired the viral Air Force speech. https://t.co/u3XSeuCOxB
— Peter J. Hasson (@peterjhasson) November 8, 2017
Air Force Academy Prep School: Black cadet admitted to writing racist remarks on dorm doors: https://t.co/Cl7ilS09Hv pic.twitter.com/fyq3xylewv
— Denver7 News (@DenverChannel) November 8, 2017
Every. Damn. Time.
The black student who reported the racist message is no longer at the Preparatory School:
Remember the Air Force Academy chief's impassioned speech about racism? A not-surprising follow-up. https://t.co/pb2XmmtPVv pic.twitter.com/8nPpLLmh3s
— Byron York (@ByronYork) November 8, 2017
Lt. General Silveria’s fiery speech went viral after the incident:
Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria warned students that he would not tolerate racism at the academy and invoked some of the racial tensions that have been gripping the country. At one point, he insisted that everyone in the audience take out their phones and record him so his message was clearly heard.
“If you can’t treat someone with dignity and respect, get out,” he said Thursday as audience members looked on with rapt attention.
Here’s the speech ICYMI back in October:
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