Don’t let News Corp get you confused: There is nothing newsworthy about mature adults having facilitated discussions about the social construction of whiteness in the United States. This is a normal and standard feature of anti-bias and anti-racism trainings. Teaching Tolerance is a highly respected resource for educators run by the Southern Poverty Law Center, which monitors and counters hate groups, including those that are anti-white.
What News Corp hasn’t been as quick to report is that most of these trainings also encourage whites to develop a positive racial identity – hardly the assault on white people they want you to believe. Read the article here and let us know what you think by contacting us here.
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