I am a Black man who happens to be the Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force,” Wright, the second Black person to become the Air Force’s top enlisted member, wrote in a 31-message Twitter thread. Kaleth O. Wright, the highest-ranking enlisted leader in the U.S. Air Force, said Monday that racism doesn’t care about titles or stature as he denounced the death of George Floyd . I am a Black man who happens to be the Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force. I am George Floyd…I am Philando Castile, I am Michael Brown, I am Alton Sterling, I am Tamir Rice. “You don’t know the anxiety, the despair, the heartache, the fear, the rage and the disappointment that comes with living in this country, OUR country every single day,” he added.

Source: Huffington Post June 02, 2020 14:11 UTC