(CNSNews.com) -- Because it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Department of Defense, the government watchdog group Judicial Watch was able to obtain U.S. Air Force Academy documents revealing that the institution is pushing "woke" educational materials on its cadets.

These records include the academy's superintendent, USAF Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria, contending in a report's introduction that "systemic racism exists in our society" and "social injustice" continues to "afflict our society."

Another page calls for "Cultural Immersion Movie Nights," and another record calls for training cadets "on more specific D&I [diversity and inclusion] concepts and skills in order to decrease incidents of microaggressions, unconscious bias...."

“These documents show our military and its rising leadership are under attack from within," said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton in a press release. "The documents confirm U.S. Air Force Academy leadership is obsessed with anti-American critical race theory and seeks to punish and smear cadets through leftist indoctrination programs."

USAF Col. Ronald J. Scott, Jr., retired, is the president and CEO of Stand Together Against Racism and Radicalism in the Services (STARRS), for whom Judicial Watch filed its lawsuit.

Concerning the 167 pages of records obtained, Scott said, “Diversity, equity, and inclusion training stems from Marxist-inspired ideology known as critical race theory. While attractive to those who believe in justice and equal opportunity, it empowers those who hold positions of authority or influence to coerce others into compliance."

"This phenomenon is what C.S. Lewis wrote about when he grouped people into ‘the conditioners’ and ‘the conditioned’ in his 1940s book The Abolition of Man," said Col. Scott. 

Judicial Watch first filed two FOIA lawsuits against the Defense Department, one in October 2020 and another in June 2021. On behalf of STARRS, the lawsuits were seeking a September 2020  "Internal Racial Disparity Review."

They were also seeking records mentioning "systemic racism," "discrimination," and "racial bias" at the Air Force Academy. On March 23, 2023, Judicial Watch finally received 167 pages of records from the Air Force Academy, more than two years after its first request.

In the September 21, 2020 document, “U.S. Air Force Academy Internal Racial Disparity Review,” Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria says in the introduction,

"Systemic racism exists in our society. Identity groups, whether based on race, ethnicity, age, gender, sexual orientation, religion, or disability, have all experienced less-than-equal treatment in our nation, both historically and persisting in the present day. Ongoing events across our nation and around the world are a stark reminder that racism and social injustice continue to afflict our society. We must acknowledge that at USAFA we are not immune to these issues. What happens outside our gates also happens across our installation, and throughout the Cadet Wing. We would be naive to think otherwise, and negligent to ignore the impact of racism and injustice on our cadets, our permanent party and their families and our entire USAFA community."

Silviera further wrote, "To that end, I directed what I hope will be an enduring, lasting effort to promote racial understanding and diversity in the context of leadership. These actions included the establishment of a Critical Conversations Working Group (CCWG), led by the Center for Character Development (CCLD), to facilitate recurring USAFA-wide critical conversations for cadets and permanent party. In addition, my Director of Staff and the Director of Equal Opportunity co-chaired an internal assessment and review for biases within our policies, processes, practices, curriculum, and artifacts. The objective of the assessment was to identify racial disparities unique to USAFA."

In the same document, it states that the Air Force Academy must "continually work to build leaders" in the "context of equal opportunity, diversity and inclusion, and respect for others."

In another section of the "Internal Racial Disparity Review," it states "that a large number of jokes are shared between friends/peers/classmates (and even some leadership) that are not appropriate or could be derogatory towards a particular gender/race/orientation."

It then recoomends "an institution-wide effort to talk more about why certain jokes and statements are inappropriate, unprofessional, and only perpetuate discriminatory attitudes and beliefs. ... This effort should be directed at ALL individuals on the institution...."

Another recommendation is to "consider implementing Behavioral Science 362, 'Class, Race, Gender, and Sexuality' as a core class or pulling the content into shorter transition-week training opportunities spread across a cadet's USAFA career."

The goal of that specific class is to "help cadets mature into D&I [diversity and inclusion] professionals for the Air Force," reads the document. 

On another front, the Air Force Academy apparently needs to provide "Cultural Immersion Movie Nights."  

"This initiative will allow cadets and permanent party to learn about racism, racial discrimination and the several historical events and policies that have impacted minorities through cinema," reads the Racial Disparity Review document.   "The goal is to help inform all members at this institution of the cultural history of other races and thus bring greater unity and understanding of other groups within the Cadet Wing."

To read the records obtained by Judicial Watch, click here. 

On its website, STARRS describes itself as a group of retired military members and patriots who educate our fellow Americans on the dangers of the racist and radical DEI/CRT Marxist ideology infiltrating our military. We work toward eliminating these divisive influences to maintain a unified and cohesive fighting force, one based on MERIT and ability, not appearances or labels."