Congress of the United States ‘Wouse of Representatives Washingon, DE 20515-1408 February 26,2021 Dear Admiral Michael M.Giday, Fm wring a you ou of concer with the inclusion of ram X. Ken's How to Bea Antvwcsi the Chie of Naval Operations Professional Reading Program (CNO-PRP Reading List) I've Been a Navy Reserve Officer since 2012, and I've always reared the CNO-PRP Rea List great source for books. According ta he Navy website the purpose ofthe reading listo “ep ttn and educate Sailor," in ‘order to “euthin our competitors." The reading lis is divide ito fu ategories, and each of those atgoress further broken up into thre sub-categories: foundational, edvanced and capstone “Hl to Be an Antracit was pled under andthe sub-ctegory “foundstiona,” andthe category *Stilors” This ncudes books foundational o educating individual sibs o“caltivtea culture of warfighting excellence rote in our core values.” ‘Asa former seevicemember, the claim that How to Be an Antraist is consistent withthe Navy's core ‘abies troubling In Kendo words the defining idea behind the bok is tha: theres no such hing a nt-rcist idea,” {here are cn, “ois ideas end antracist ideas” The same holds ive fo polices, individ, nettutions and nations. Racism is defined as anything that contributes to or resuls in cial inequity, and aniracism ‘is defined as anything thet lessens inequitable racial outcomes, Although this sounds hanes, its radially opposed to foundational American documents ike the ‘Consittion's Equal Protection Clause, and more recent ss-discimitaton protections like the Civil Rights Aa of 1964, ‘The Civil Righs Act prohibits discrimination based on rac, color, rion, sex or rational origin. But scoring i Kendi, racial discrimination st nhereil bad, in ct, i's usta likely 0 be good. He explains: If discriminations creating equiy then tiaras. I dermination seeing ineaity, then tis rac. The only remedy to recs discrimination is antracis discrimination." Keadts openly ‘arguing again the core lene of cl igh law ad whl most would considera core American vale ‘ppostion to racial discrimination ‘Kendis conception of racim eas him to sondern America iteelf ae rei,” longi ite fundamental Insitutions. Im his book, Kendi declares that, "Capitalism is essentially rcs." and tha, "Racism is socially capitalist" ie alo sates that, “When itcomes to healing America of ais, we wen to heal ‘America without pia, but without pai, there is no progress" More recently, Kendi argued in he “Allan ta," very core of American exstenc: [i] the saveholdeclaroring for his freedom to inet andthe enslaved clamoring for ur freedom frm infection”How o Bean Aniracist sso advocates forthe creation ofa hypothetical “Department of Anti-Racism 'DOA)” Kendi's DOA would have veto power overall federal tat and local policy, en would have the 2over to investigate private cizens, businesses and publi oficial forthe exresin of racist opiions Essentially, the DOA would violate almost every individu sight and principle of ensttnional versace esabished by the Constitution, Whiten college, Kent expressed racist views. n 2003 he wrote tht “Europea are “socialized tobe szgrestve people” and “raised tobe racist." He also advanced the bizare conspiracy teas thet White people were responsible fr the AIDS virus and that white people are actually aliens. In nthe pice he ‘roe, “I don't hate whites How can yu hates group of people fr bing who they are?” These are “ispusting views andthe U.S, Navy should ot associate self with them. The views promoted in Yow to Be an Aniracia! are exlicily anti-American. According Keni, Americas fundamentally racist soa: Americanism ie @ mera npeative. ‘Admiral Gildsy cohesiveness and unity in our armed services i essential, Ken’ ideas are divisive and milundemnine morale and weaken our national securiy. I'm flabbergasted by the Navy's decision fo offically endorse sch ahaa and subversive book ‘ste Ranking Member ofthe House Armed Services Subcommittee on Miliary Persomel, I would request that yo eer: + Provide me wih a writen espanse explaining how How 1o be an dntinacist culate cuice cof warfighting excellence” of ‘+ Remove How 1o bean éntiacs from the CNO-PRP Reading List Sincerely, mn i ember of Congress