Maya Angelou Memoir, the Holocaust book is among those extracted from the library of the Naval Academy to Purge
Books on the Holocaust, Stories of feminism, civil rights and racism e Maya Angelou“The famous autobiography,” So Why the Caged Bird Canta “, were among the almost 400 volumes removed from the Library of the US Naval Academy this week after the defense secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the school to get rid of those who promote diversity, equity and inclusion.
THE Navy On Friday he provided the list of 391 books that were brought out of his library. The move marks another step in the vast scope of the Trump administration to eliminate the so -called contents of the federal agencies, including policies, programs, online and social media publications and curriculums in schools.
In addition to Angelou’s award -winning Tomo, the list includes “Memorizing The Holocaust”, which deals with the Holocaust memorials; “American half”, on African American in the Second World War; “A respectable woman”, on the public roles of African American women in 19th century New York; And “pursuing Trayvon Martin”, on the filming of 2012 by the 17 -year -old black in Florida who raised questions about racial profiling.
Other books clearly deal with topics that have been strictly targeted by the Trump administration, including gender identity, sexuality and transgender issues. A wide range of breed books and gender have been targeted, which have to do with topics such as African American poets, entertainers who wore Blackface and the treatment of women in Islamic countries.
In the list there were also historical books on racism, the Ku Klux Klan and the treatment of women, the genre and the race in art and literature.
In a declaration, the Navy said that the officials have crossed the catalog of the Nimitz library, using searches for keywords, to identify the books that required further revision. About 900 books have been identified in the research.
“Departmental officials therefore examined the preliminary list up close to determine which books required removal,” Cmr said. Tim Hawkins, spokesman for the Navy. “Almost 400 books were removed from the Nimitz library to respect the directives outlined in the executive orders issued by President. “
The books were removed shortly before Hegseth’s arrival Tuesday for a visit to the Academy, which had already been planned and was not connected to the library puree, the officials said.
The Pentagon said that the academies “are fully engaged in the execution and implementation of the executive orders of President Trump”.
Annapolis’ Naval Academy, Maryland, the Air Force Academy near Colorado Springs, Colorado, and the Us Military Academy in West Point, New York, had not been included in the executive order of President Donald Trump in January which prohibited the education of, the programs or the kindergarten curriculum through the 12th grade schools that receive funding Federal. This is because the academies are college.
The leaders of the Pentagon, however, turned their attention to the Naval Academy last week when a media report noticed that the school had not removed the books that promote gods.
A United States official said that at the end of last week at the Academy was said at the end of last week to conduct the review and removal. It is not clear whether the order was directed by Hegseth or by someone else in his staff.
A West Point official confirmed at the beginning of this week that the school had completed a revision of his curriculum and was ready to review the content of the library if directed by the army. The aeronautical and naval academies had also made reviews of curriculum as required.
An Air Force Academy official said that the school continually examines its curriculum, courses and other materials to ensure that everything complies with the executive orders and policies of the Department of Defense.
Last week, Lieutenant General Tony Bauernfeind, superintendent of the Air Force Academy, told the Congress that the school was in the middle of his review of the course, but there was no mention of the books.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the Academy policies.
Hegseth has aggressively pushed the department to cancel the programs of the EI content online, but the campaign was accepted with questions from angry legislators, local leaders and citizens for the removal of military heroes and historical mentions of the websites of the Department of Defense and the social media pages.
