American Airlines Investigating Pilot After Woke Mob Reported Him for Opposing Critical Race Theory

Mary reported earlier this month that voters in Texas’ top school district resoundingly rejected Critical Race Theory by electing two candidates to the Carroll Independent School District school board who opposed a proposal to implement it.

Southlake, TX, where the school district is located, has become the Ground Zero of sorts for the debate over the implementation of CRT in public school classrooms, a debate which started after videos of white students singing a rap song with the “n-word” in it went viral two years ago.

Because proponents of CRT in Southlake have lost the latest battle, they’ve taken to trying to get outspoken critics of the so-called “Cultural Competence Action Plan” (aka CRT) fired from their jobs: The woke corporate-school-government trifecta?! A true public-private partnership. This came after Carroll ISD elected new anti-CRT board members 70-30 two weeks ago. https://t.co/4AHeWuKhKI — Wenyuan Wu, Ph.D. (@wu_wenyuan) May 15, 2021 Here’s more from the Dallas Morning News story : American Airlines is investigating one of its pilots after social media users urged the company to review his posts and podcasts criticizing Carroll ISD’s proposed diversity and inclusion initiative and its supporters. Guy Midkiff, 62, is a Southlake resident who has been a pilot at American for 32 years, according to his LinkedIn profile. “We are troubled by the allegations made and have launched an investigation into the matter,” an American Airlines representative said Wednesday in an email. Through his Twitter and Facebook accounts as well as a podcast called Wise Guy Talks, Midkiff has documented his opposition to the district’s Cultural Competence Action Plan, as well as various groups and community members who support it. […] Two groups in support of the district’s proposed plan have accused Midkiff of harassing people online. Midkiff has tweeted in response that the groups are using “bully tactics” to insulate themselves from those who challenge their narrative. In the past week, the groups have been bringing the matter to American Airlines’ attention via social media. Here are some of the tweets targeting Midkiff. The American Airlines Twitter account’s responses are below them. Note that the supposedly […]