More social justice warriors being trained at universities, this time it’s at Iowa State University: Iowa State University recently held a “Social Justice Summit” in an effort to “create strategies for implementing social change.” The…
Topic: white privilege
Student Op-Ed: Milk can be the New Symbol of ‘White Nationalism’
Milk is symbolic for white nationalists? That’s news to us, but not to a student writer at Cal State-Long Beach, who said that white nationalists have taken the science about milk-drinking to the extreme in…
Professor’s Op-Ed Wonders if White Parents are Raising Children to Avoid Racism
Are white parents raising racist children, or at least dispelling racism while raising children in today’s society? A Drake University professor wondered about that in her op-ed in the New York Times: In a Tuesday New…
Language Guide at UC-Davis: White Privilege is Racist
Apparently, the only racists are white people, according to a language guide issued at the University of California-Davis: According to a glossary drafted by the school’s “LGBTQIA Resource Center,” racism is “the systematic subordination of marginalized racial…
White Faculty at MIT Form ‘White Person’s Accountability Group’ to Go Over White Privilege
You can’t make this up! This from Campus Reform: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) now has a “White Person’s Accountability Group” to help white people understand their “roles both in perpetuating systemic racism and…
Psychology Student Assignment is to Look at Store Shelves for ‘Dominant Group Privilege’
From Campus Reform: An Aurora University professor recently required students to visit local stores and observe the number of products geared toward minority groups in order to make them aware of privilege. The “Experiencing Discrimination—The…
Minnesota High School Will Only Buy Music from Non-White Composers
From The College Fix: Since knowing the race and/or gender of who wrote the piece of music students are playing is so important, the band directors at Spring Lake Park High School in Minnesota “have…
White Pins Worn by Students to Remind Selves of White Privilege
Elizabethtown College students began to wear white pins to remember white privilege, per The College Fix: The campaign was launched over the weekend by the Elizabethtown College Democrats, who say it aims to make students at the small…
College Suspends Classes to Discuss ‘Sports Privilege’ in Workshops
Huh? Yes, a college suspended classes to discuss how sports culture exudes white privilege: Williams College recently hosted a day of workshops on power and privilege where students discussed how American sports have “consistently reflected…
College to Host Event on ‘White Privilege vs. White Supremacy’
From Campus Reform: Next week, the University of New Hampshire is hosting an event to discuss the distinctions between “White Privilege” and “White Supremacy.” “In a post-inauguration nation, many topics have surfaced as a point…