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VMI Superintendent J.H. Binford Peay III (CNN.com)

The Latest Casualty of the Culture Wars

written by Guest Contributor James Bacon October 26, 2020

J.H. Binford Peay III, superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute, has submitted his resignation, stating that Governor Ralph Northam and senior legislators had “lost confidence” in his leadership. The VMI board accepted his resignation “with regret.”

Peay’s departure follows a Washington Post article alleging an atmosphere of “relentless racism” at the military college. Two days later, Northam and top legislators announced an independent, third-party review of VMI culture, policies, practices and equity.

While racist acts have occurred at VMI in the past several years, most cited by the Washington Post were punished by the administration or involved private expressions of opinion by students or staff. I detailed my response to the Post article here.

Peay had tried to thread the needle between maintaining long-held VMI traditions, which revered Stonewall Jackson and the role of the cadets in the battle of New Market, and being sensitive to the feelings of African-Americans who comprised an increasing percentage of the student body. He enacted several reforms earlier this year but critics charged they did not go far enough. 

We are now in the witch hunt phase of the anti-racism hysteria as the definition of what constitutes “racism” broadens inexorably and anyone who fails to submit to the ever-mutating orthodoxy is crushed.

Remarkably, Northam, whose VMI nickname was “Coonman,” has not only survived his blackface scandal but has emerged as popular in public opinion polls as ever. He earned indulgences from fellow Democrats and the media by implementing “anti-racism” Critical Race Theory in Virginia public schools, embracing the doctrine of opposing “environmental racism,” and implementing other anti-racism measures in state government.

From the excellent blog baconsrebellion.com

The Latest Casualty of the Culture Wars was last modified: October 26th, 2020 by Guest Contributor James Bacon
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Guest Contributor James Bacon

A graduate of the University of Virginia, James A. Bacon has practiced journalism throughout Virginia – in Martinsville, Blacksburg, Roanoke, and Richmond. In 2002 he launched Bacon’s Rebellion as a non-partisan website and blog dedicated to public policy issues in Virginia. He lives in Henrico County.

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