The VMI Board of Visitors, under the thumb of MAGA Gov. Glenn Youngkin, voted on Friday to not extend the contract of Maj. Gen. Cedric T. Wins, the school’s first Black superintendent.
The move was expected, with Youngkin, elected in 2021, having made his efforts to end DEI – which MAGAs like our governor have made the new n-word – a centerpiece of his political and personal legacy.
Earlier this week, Youngkin used the emergency-appointment process to install two new members on the VMI Board of Visitors, 1984 VMI alum Stephen G. Reardon of Richmond, an attorney with Spotts Fain and a small-potatoes Republican donor, and Jonathan Hartsock, a 2000 alum of VMI, who served as the school’s deputy commandant before joining the office staff of Sixth District MAGA Congressman Ben Cline in the summer of 2023…