A remark the other day by Charlie Kirk, a far right-wing activist, podcaster, talk show host, and MAGA booster, is very telling about that movement’s stance on equality and White supremacy. It’s against the former and for the latter.
Kirk made that quite clear from his captain’s chair expressing the MAGA visceral antipathy to Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DEI) by noting that when boarding an airplane and seeing a Black pilot, he questions whether he is “qualified.”
Reacting to the understandable pushback, Kirk’s producer stepped up to the plate and predictably blamed “left-wing” politicians for the kerfuffle.
Captain Kirk’s concern voices the MAGA worldview on both issues, DEI and White supremacy.
Let’s hope an unqualified White flight attendant doesn’t spill hot coffee on him as the pilot navigates through turbulence.
Marshall H. Tanick
Minneapolis
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