06/19/2024
Warrior Wednesday:
The Air Force has always been a melting pot of diversity. Everyone comes from different backgrounds and have different stories. Like every Airman, Lt. Col. Daphne Jackson has a story.
Growing up in south Louisiana, Daphne Jackson was the daughter of the president of the school board and chief of police. With well-known successful parents, it wasn’t a surprise that she was caught in the spotlight – all eyes on her.
“Aside from my parents being public figures in our town, our community was also very divisive,” Jackson said. “We were a melting pot of a town and I found myself in another dilemma. I was too white for the Black people and too Black for the white people.”
Jackson found herself caught in the middle of unfair assumptions. Instead of trying to fit in, she turned to her academics and athletics and succeeded immensely. As the captain of the cheerleading team, running track and becoming salutatorian of her class, she kept the “LaSalle” mindset her father instilled in her.
Check out her story here: https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/3497606/stories-of-service-lt-col-daphne-jackson-discusses-how-representation-matters/
